On 2/16/07, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been asking the question, "How would an end-user significantly
benefit from x86-64?" ... Anyone got any other ideas?
End users of portable processing may benefit from clock rate
reduction. The 64-bit internal and main memory paths double the
processor's instruction throughput.
Hmmm. Interesting idea.
Two issues I see:
One is my understanding: Even if you're working with a 64-bit
architecture, isn't most software still dealing with 32-bit values?
Does throughput double without re-writing all the code to take
advantage of that?
The second is semi-historical: As I recall, your argument is the
same argument Intel put forth in favor of Itanic -- I mean, Idiotanium
-- I mean, Itanium -- and we all know that is going nowhere at
velocities approaching C.
-- Ben
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