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Linux Kernel Developers Debate Dropping Itanium (ia64) Architecture Support for Good Linux kernel developers are pushing to remove Intel Itanium (ia64) architecture support entirely. With no active...

#AIDeveloper #Intel #Itanium #removal #Itanium #ia64 […]

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Athlon 64: How AMD turned the tables on Intel Better 32-bit performance was worth trading some 64-bit performance to get

“Athlon 64: How AMD Turned The Tables On Intel”, Dave Farquhar (dfarq.homeip.net/athlon-64-ho...).

Via HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4537...

On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/idcny5/ath...

#Intel #AMD #Athlon #Itanium #CPU #Hardware #x86 #IA64 #ISA

The Long Mode Chronicles How the World Became x86-64 Inside

A nice account of how #Intel spent far too much time & money with #HP on the doomed #Itanium 64-bit #CPU, only to be beaten by #AMD with #Athlon (with help from #Microsoft):

“The Long Mode Chronicles”, Phil Park (computerparkitecture.substack.com/p/the-long-m...).

#Hardware #x86 #IA64

A question for chip gurus to explain (ie argue 😁) …

Purely in architectural terms (ie ignore current success / adoption etc) - which is/was the best architecture: #x86 vs #ARM vs #RISCV vs #MIPS vs #SPARC vs #IA64 vs Alpha - and why? What pros/cons of each make the choice?

Will be streaming my Intel Itanium Software Development Vehicle (SDV) tonight! It’s been awhile since I booted it up so I’ve no idea what OS I’ve got installed on it! Will be live at 5pm PDT on #Twitch! #ia64

A big thank you to Tommy for the donation of this machine to the channel