Re: 64 bits questions...
--- Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 07:49:38AM -0800, Ibrahim Mubarak wrote:
> > --- Manu <seatmanu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > is there gonna be a different version of 64 bits for
> > > intel 64 and AMD 64?
> >
> > Hmmm, check harware review sites for info on this. But till now,
> > Intel has not released any 64 bit processors. So can't tell!
>
> You sure? I'm not totally au fait with Intel's development path at the
> moment - AMD have been offering much more bang for the buck for some
> time now so that's where my attention has been directed. But I have
> some commercial CFD apps which came in a tarball of versions for
> several different platforms, including both Linux/ia32 and Linux/ia64.
> I don't see how they could have written the ia64 version if there
> weren't any ia64 processors to run it on, and I don't think it's very
> likely that they're simply using "ia64" as a synonym for "amd64".
OK, OK, you got me. Intel does have 64 bit processors out there, but hey, looking at the product
page for Itanium 2 [http://www.intel.com/products/server/processors/server/itanium2/] , it's meant
for servers. And, look, it only goes up to 1.6 GHz.
Hmm, taking a closer look and I found Xeon!
http://www.intel.com/products/server/processors/server/xeon/ Apparently faster than the Itanium.
3.60 GHz. And this one too is meant for servers!
So, I guess I was wrong.
ib
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