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Itanic WILL win in the end
As I have mentioned SEVERAL times - Moore's Law will come to an end eventually (in terms of using silicon wafers). Once that happens (my estimate is 2 more shrinking cycles 60nm and 40nm), all chips will have to use the exact same process.

The x86 CISC processor has to use chip real-estate to support a HUGE number of OP-codes. This coupled with the archaic 20-bit offset memory addressing - adds up to taking much too much chip real-estate.

The SPARC/P5/MIPS/Alpha/Xscale RISC architecture has less OP-codes and better addressing, but also has large areas dedicated to pipeline operations.

The Itanic EPIC architecture is back to the basics. It has less OP-codes (like RISC), but devotes chip real-estate to basic registers and ALUs. This means that EPIC can have MORE registers and ALUs than any of the other architectures! That folks, translates into more speed! Oh yeah, it also has an x86 core for backward compatibility.

All-in-all the EPIC architecture is superior to the other alternatives and time >>WILL<< show that it will eventually be the winner that InHell is counting on.
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Intel's uncertain processor road-map (or the lack of a road...)  michael-t | 03/08/05
IBM has the advantage here  nucrash | 03/08/05
Intel's problem is  michael-t | 03/08/05
Just Talk  mabricen | 03/09/05
He he he ...  michael-t | 03/09/05
I think Intel would even disagree with your post.  bjbrock | 03/08/05
Very well put.  The King's Servant | 03/08/05
Intel overlooked  michael-t | 03/08/05
Itanium vs. Alpha, not x86  Filker0_z | 03/08/05
Opinion noted  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
Back to be Basics?  nucrash | 03/09/05
Cell out  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
Itanium Headed for Museum...  Neutrodyne | 03/08/05
I doubt it.  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
Wishful thinking on Intel's part  balsover | 03/08/05
Misconception  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
Definite shift in the party line  John L. Ries | 03/08/05
Itanium for "Big Iron"?  mwagner@... | 03/08/05
Always room  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
Topic of interest: Should we stick with x86?  CobraA1 | 03/09/05
Sticking  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
Why Not Emulation  nucrash | 03/09/05
No emulation  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
excuse me?  doh123 | 03/09/05
No, really - according to Intel  fmcgowan | 03/09/05
it has some hardware to help, yes, but  doh123 | 03/09/05
We are stuck with X86 for another 20 years  Prognosticator | 03/10/05
Wishful Thinking  kelkins@... | 03/09/05
Itanic WILL win in the end  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
A couple of points  fmcgowan | 03/09/05
Points taken  Roger Ramjet | 03/09/05
Good to hear back so soon...  fmcgowan | 03/09/05
True, as there is nothing to really encroach on is there?  PaddyOmaddy | 03/09/05
The wild cats in my backyard won't disturb the unicorns..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/09/05
Its about market acceptance...  GeiselS@... | 03/09/05
Wait for Itanium? IBM PowerPC G5 is ready right now.  billmichael | 03/13/05

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