RE: [Dev-C++] Windows Applications

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

The 64-bit war is open. There are currently 2 separate paths. Intel's
Itanium and AMD's 80x86-64 architecture. Intel says that although it
strongly supports Itanium, it will produce a Pentium IV with 64-bit
extensions if necesssary. Programmers will be able to use these
extensions at will. This is Intel's backup plan. Also keep in mind that
Itanium has not so much success as Intel expected.
 
 
Ioannis

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-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Jason
Hardman
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:55 PM
To: Dev-C++
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Windows Applications


The Itanium is also not very compatible with old 32bit software, i.e. it
can run it but at slower speeds than current 32 bit processors. I
personally am more interested in the forthcoming Athlon 4s (SledgeHammer
or whatever they're called), which will not only run 64 bit instructions
but the will be fully backward compatible with 32 bit OS's and currently
existing programs (running them faster too), which will be a much more
attractive (cheaper) migration path for many companies. The new athlons
will be released as desktop processors too, whereas I think that the
Itanium is currently mainly for network servers so far?
 
Saying that though intel has a vested interest in bringing current
applications into the 64 bit world, so they will be doing a lot of work
to that end. There are 64 bit versions of Linux and Windows out there
along with other OS's (I imagine).
 
BTW, it is RISC and not Risk. It means Reduced Instruction Set Computer,
as opposed to CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computer, which is the
current PC norm. Both types have benefits and costs. In modern CISC
chips the interal architecture is often based around a set of RISC cores
which are more easily optimised.
 
Jason.