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[JF Mezei]

On 14-02-13 11:14, Shael Richmond wrote:

> The bigger issue is whether we can get the required performance from the emulator when stepping back from Integrity.  Also we have to deal with license issues.

Considering VMS is limited to Tukwila tech (which is already a few years
old), I suspect that x86 emulated solutions will be competitive quite
soon in terms of performance (if not already).

The danger is that if an IA64 emulator is done, it will emulate Poulson
which is not compatible with VMS. We know that existing Alpha emulators
are compatible with VMS.

That leaves the rethorical question of whether a x86 emulating Alpha
instruction set would yield better/equal/worse performance than the same
x86 emulating the IA64 instruction set.