[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/2/2012 1:34 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
> Michael Kraemer wrote:
>> I don't get it what magical design features the Alpha has, which
>> would make it still attractive, even if it had been developed further.
>
> Alpha is the only native 64 bit architectire that worked and performed
> well. The only other native 64 bit is IA64 and we all knwo who well it
> TANKED !

They are the only architectures that did not have a 32 bit predecessor.

But having a 32 bit predecessor does not make a CPU less native 64 bit.

> Remember that 64 bit x86 came from the 8086. So there is a lot of
> baggage there that makes improving it harder.

Not true.

A x86-64 in 64 bit mode is not compatible with 32 bit so there
are no required baggage.

Arne