Re: 64-bit Architecture

["A farmer using BSD, eh!" <GreenNeck@use.net>]

"V. T. Mueller" wrote:
> 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
> 
So is this rarely available IA-64 cisc or risc, or a
middle-of-the-roader? I hope it would not give the porting
committers, whoever they may be, major headaches if it becomes
popular, ever.  And were thoes fast cpus often for slow,
inefficient, and possible broken OSes initially?  Hmmm...