AMD64 box
Matthew Dillon
dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Fri Nov 7 02:52:12 PST 2003
:On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:01:46PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
:> The alpha and Itanium non-withstanding, the AMD64 is the first 'consumer'
:> 64 bit machine in mass production. I am already impressed!
:
:if the alpha and itanium are 'consumer' processors then you mite as well put the
:mips, sparc64, and power4's in their too. and i think you are forgeting the
:ppc 970 ( G5 ), which shiped in 'mass' befor the AMD64.
True, the PPC counts as a consumer cpu. Not the mips or sparc, though.
Even the PPC is just barely in the consumer category because it is priced
like a server and distribution channels are limited.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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