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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:29:42 -0500
From:      "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com>
Subject:   Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium
Message-ID:  <20010427102942.E88522@peorth.iteration.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010426185127.A38407@dragon.nuxi.com>; from TrimYourCc@NUXI.com on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 06:51:27PM -0700
References:  <200104171836.LAA06378@akira.lanfear.com> <000001c0c777$f9529b30$215778d8@cx443070b> <20010426175906.B88522@peorth.iteration.net> <20010426185127.A38407@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 06:51:27PM -0700, David O'Brien scribbled:
| On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 05:59:06PM -0500, Michael C . Wu wrote:
| > IIRC, KA-64 does not even have an emulator yet.
| 
| Are you making a distinction between emulator and simulator?  Such that
| SimNow! and VirtuHammer don't fall into what you are speaking of?

Yes, in some parts of the industry, we distinguish it based
upon how much of the processor it emulates/simulates.

One is considered to only do parts of the CPU, the other being
what you have right now.
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