"The Cell processor has seemingly picked up a reputation for being incredibly difficult to program. However, this seems to be based entirely on expectation rather than experience. What's the real story? Is it really that difficult? This article looks at the concepts involved in Cell programming."
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Member since:2005-07-11
So it didn't happen right now. That doesn't mean Mr Blachford is wrong.
The x86 ISA should be replaced. So what if everyone knows it and GCC is way optimized for it. It's still not pretty, regardless of the underlying hardware.
If x86 can be a thin layer on top of something more modern, like Itanium, isn't that the most natural/rational migration path?
If Intel doesn't lead the way out of x86, AMD or somebody else will, eventually. Or perhaps I'm mistaken and they think EM64T and AMD64 is good enough.
Member since:2005-08-09
If x86 can be a thin layer on top of something more modern, like Itanium, isn't that the most natural/rational migration path?
AFAIR in 1997, intel thought of itanium as x86 64bit successor.
But AMD screwed things up =]
This is just another lesson what good backward compatibility is 90%(insert your favourite number) of success.
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2005-07-06
Mr Blachford's predictions about what's now known as Intel's Core marchitecture make for a mildly amusing read as well:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25496
Edited 2006-06-23 12:07