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Date:      Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:49:41 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        socketd <db@traceroute.dk>
Cc:        ia64@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory permissions
Message-ID:  <20021218184941.GA617@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <200212181120.gBIBKOri018897@smtp010.tiscali.dk>
References:  <200212181120.gBIBKOri018897@smtp010.tiscali.dk>

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On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:24:03PM +0100, socketd wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > That depends if you want or need to program in assembly. Your i386
> > assembly knowledge will not really help.
> 
> Damn, any good ia64 websites or books?

http://developer.intel.com/

Look for the SDM.

> > > Ia64 is the next generation right? Meaning that intel, amd and all the
> > > other will at some point stop making ia32 and move to ia64?
> > 
> > Possibly. ia64 is not the only possible next step.
> 
> Sort of like IPv6?
> There is a lot of working going on there, but it is not
> 100% wether it will be the one that replaces IPv4?

I wouldn't know. I know I don't have a need for IPv6, nor for 64-bit
computing. In that light, ia32 may continue to exist.

> What are the alternatives to ia64?

Stick with 32-bit. AMDs Hammer. Yet-another-64-bit-processor.
NUMA/clustering externsions. I don't know...

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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