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Re: 64-bit Architecture

On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Brad wrote:

> Yes, I know about IA-64. It's an Intel Architecture, it's 64-bit. AFAIK
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is not true.

The IA-64 merges Intel's as well as (or primarily) hp's know-how in RISC
CPU architecture. A bit of background-information on this subject may be
found on:

http://www.future.enterprisecomputing.hp.com/ia64/committed.html

Regards,
Volker
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