On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 13:02:51 +0200, Wouter Coene wrote:
>According to Josh G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>> It's some sort of virtualisation. Last I heard, it would actually be
>> slightly slower than a p3 at the same mhz for some ops. I once read
>> something saying you would be able to virtualise complete ia32 environments
>> like v86 virtualises the no86s of the past. Don't know how accurate it is
>> now tho.
>
>They're not actually virtualizing it. The chip simply contains silicon for
>both IA64 and IA32, and full hardware access is available for both. I dunno
>how they sorted out the protected mode stuff though. Perhaps you can't run
>IA32-PM code with an IA64-PM OS (PM of course means Protected Mode).
I'm not doubting your informtion, but where did you see this? I haven't
heard anything about this, and the original IA-64 specs specifically
mentioned that they would *not* be doing that. But, it's not like Intel
can't change their mind...
Tim Massey
