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"Like the Alpha, the Itanium was a LEAP in technology (not an evolutionary step). VLIW was the mantra of the college computer departments of the time, so EPIC was born."

Actually, IIRC, Itanium evolved from Alpha, taking the best of its RISC features. The big difference between EPIC and RISC is that the burden of deciding which instructions to execute in parallel is shifted to the compiler. IMO, this is a drawback when considering dynamic branch prediction...it seems like an area where dynamic/JIT features of a VM will have a clear performance advantage over native-compiled code for an EPIC system, depending on the type of computation being done.
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poor performance per dollar  ~doolittle~ | 12/07/05
Not really  Roger Ramjet | 12/07/05
and you had a fantastic compiler  balsover | 12/07/05
The idealized one  Roger Ramjet | 12/07/05
Then it is pointless, isn't it? Not such a great idea after all  balsover | 12/07/05
History lesson  Roger Ramjet | 12/07/05
Great Comments!  DemonX | 12/07/05
Well...  techboy_z | 12/07/05
The InHell mac  Roger Ramjet | 12/07/05
Mactel  jheine | 12/07/05
Actually...  techboy_z | 12/07/05
Partly true  Roger Ramjet | 12/07/05
Re. compile for speed  techboy_z | 12/07/05
In a perfect world...  balsover | 12/07/05
Remember the InHell iAPX432 ?  Steven J. Ackerman | 12/07/05
From the article you linked to  balsover | 12/07/05
A few comments on what is "good" architecture for the future  michael_t | 12/08/05
Always starts. . . . . . .  a.techno.geek | 12/07/05
What people don't get  Roger Ramjet | 12/07/05
Perhaps you are the one that is wrong  balsover | 12/07/05
Did they really blow it?  Roger Ramjet | 12/08/05
Yes they did.  balsover | 12/09/05
Thumbs up!  sys_engineer | 12/07/05
A better question  Roger Ramjet | 12/08/05
cost?  balsover | 12/09/05
Message has been deleted.  myfevertoy | 10/22/06
How a big company MISSES a good chance and conversely  michael_t | 12/08/05

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