If he "didn't stop yammering about the need to go 64-bits in x86", he'd be fired on the spot
  • Alex
    3•10 hours ago

    Itanium was an interesting architecture but it relied on compilers to build efficient code for it’s bundles. This compares to x86 which dedicates loads of silicon to getting the best performance even out of mediocre code. Unfortunately the Itanic architecture was really ill suited to emulating the other.

    ETA: rm dups.

      • Alex
        1•10 hours ago

        All the cache and prediction logic which eventually gave us spectre is basically compensating for whatever crap random compilers kick out.

        • @CrayonRosaryEnglish
          1•9 hours ago

          I was only making a joke, and not asking for clarification. Do you not see the redundancy of saying “dedicates dedicated”? I thought my reply would have made it obvious.