| [Rant] HP bound to quit PA-RISC CPU line | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 30-Aug-2001 06:25 GMT by Christian Kemp | 17 comments
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Solar (BAUD) wrote:
The PIV message posted earlier initiated some interesting comments, so I think this one can be just as interesting: HP dropping PA-RISC in favour of IA64 by 2004.
From www.heise.de:
"Continuing development of the RISC CPUs keeps getting more and more difficult and expensive, while Itanium is just beginning it´s lifetime cycle", Brown [Market Communications Manager HP] backs up the HP decission. Moreover, so Brown, Itanium systems will get cheaper simply because of higher production numbers, as opposed to house-made PA-RISCs.
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| Comment 1 | m0ns00n | | 29-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 2 | Solar (BAUD) | | 29-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 3 | priest | | 29-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 4 | Ben Hermans/Hyperion | | 29-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 5 | Solar (BAUD) | | 29-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
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| HP bound to quit PA-RISC CPU line : Comment 6 of 17 | ANN.lu |
| Posted by Gothic on 29-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 5 (Solar (BAUD)):
When you compare the 32 bits implementation in the 68k line of CPUs with the x86, it's obvious that motorolla had a vision for the future : we didn't need to have a complete new os to run 32bits apps.
Once again, on the x86, to be 64bits compliant, they have to restart everything from scratch, while on the other hand look at the 64 bits implementation on the powerpc line : nothing to compare to your x86 again.
I really don't care if 95% percent of desktop are running x86 : the majority of people beleived Copernic when he stated that the sun was rotating arount the Earth.
The same applies to all the crap you can find in your music shops :most of it that sells are simply just boring or remixes of the past : all the major innovation in music and the most interesting stuff is done by people who don't sell much. I'd rather enjoy a good symphonic orchestra or metal band that write original stuff than a bunch of faggots who can't even get their playback right.
Music, computers, and all other domains : the fight is not other : ditch the crap.
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