Re: 64-bit Architecture

[chuck yerkes <chuck@snew.com>]

No, there are LOTS of things in the architecture that keep it rooted
in the 8088 in many ways.  Much IS gone, however, and that's nice.
It's competitive with the Alpha and the MIPS R10000 of 1998 or so.

Quoting Monty Brandenberg (mcbinc@world.std.com):
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Al wrote:
> 
> > Itanium is very different than x86 stuff. It requires a lot more from the
> > compilers and will require a total port of any OS that is to run on it. The
> > good news is that a lot of the ugly things required for the x86 chips will
> > go away. This chip was designed to support high end needs and is not just
> > the latest upgrade of the 8008.
> 
> And more interesting than a mere instruction set change is will
> the hideous PC/AT system design be buried at last.