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Date:      Wed, 2 May 2001 11:13:17 +1000
From:      "Andrew Reilly" <areilly@bigpond.net.au>
To:        Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium
Message-ID:  <20010502111317.A1059@gurney.reilly.home>
In-Reply-To: <00d701c0cedc$1ee190c0$6405a8c0@neland.dk>; from leifn@neland.dk on Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 07:37:15AM %2B0200
References:  <200104171836.LAA06378@akira.lanfear.com> <000001c0c777$f9529b30$215778d8@cx443070b> <20010426175906.B88522@peorth.iteration.net> <3AE8D4DC.E0E35042@bellatlantic.net> <00d701c0cedc$1ee190c0$6405a8c0@neland.dk>

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On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 07:37:15AM +0200, Leif Neland wrote:
> From: "Sergey Babkin" <babkin@bellatlantic.net>
> > Anothing interesting point is that the optimisation for IA-64
> > seems to be highly processor-specific: the code optimized for
> > Itanium won't be optimal for McKinley and vice versa.  I've heard
> > an estimation of about 1.5 times speed increase due to the
> > model-specific optimisation.
> > 
> Perhaps commercial software will need to come in (encrypted)
> source and be compiled to the the current processor...

What else is .NET?

(OK, it's a bunch of other stuff too, but processors like the
Itanium that introduce serious system specific performance
issues (like memory and cache latencies) are a very good reason
to persue dynamic recompilation technologies like HotSpot,
Dynamo, FX-86, Transmetta and .NET.)

-- 
Andrew

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