> >>>>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:55:30 +1000, Duraid Madina > <duraid@octopus.com.au> said: > > Duraid> You and I both know the only real barrier to Itanium > Duraid> adoption is the price. Can anyone here shed some light on > Duraid> this? Why is Itanium hardware still so expensive? > > Remember that Intel is targeting Itanium 2 against Power4 and SPARC. > In that space, the price of Itanium 2 is very competitive. > What's mean very competitive? How it compare with Power* for example? > Duraid> Seriously, IA64 must be the first architecture in history > Duraid> where a software simulator is still being developed 4 years > Duraid> after commercial availability of silicon (indeed, entire > Duraid> systems). > > What's a software simulator got to do with anything? Certain things > are easier to develop on a simulator, others are easier to develop on > hardware. Nothing unique to IA64. > AMD's Opteron is in a simulator yet... Regards, --AdrianoReceived on Fri Apr 11 01:38:51 2003
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