[geeks] Itanium 32 bit performace.... hahahaha

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

> Doesn't just about everything decent spank the Itanic?
>
> It's time for another "Love Live the ALPHA!" thread...

Actuallly the 3rd Itanium iteration, the one after McKinley has a lot of
Alpha technology in it.

> I wish Intel could end the x86 game, and start spending all those
> transistors on a really decent CPU.
>
> We have no need for x86 any more, Microsoft be damned.
>
> Run that crap under emulation until either M$ gets a clue and
> makes portable software, or they simply cease to matter any
> longer.

It is a tough argument to sell if you want to force 90%+ of the software
out there to run in emulation mode. Why?