[Info-vax] Poulson info from Dave Cantor

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:

> If Intel was able to turn the 8086 toy controller into a high
> performance 64 bit chip, then it should have been able to produce that
> IA64 with unmatched performance since it was meant to be a "clean"
> design unhindered by the toy controller era of the 8086.

Whether a chip is successful or not doesn't depend much on its
design but rather on how many $$$ can be thrown at its
development and production and whether these costs can be
recouped. For x86 that's an easy game owing to its monopoly,
intel can recoup the costs by volume.
The other extreme would be IBM, who probably can charge
(almost) any price for their zSeries.
I don't see much survival probability inbetween these extremes.

> 
> It looks to me like the whole philosophy and architecture of IA64 makes
> it very expensive and tedious to upgrade , and this matches what Digital
> was saying back in 1999 about it.

I'm pretty sure DEC didn't say anything anymore in 1999.