From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Chapman Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 02:20:46 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Itanium gets supercomputing software Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 09:58:08AM +1000, Duraid Madina wrote: > > Can I then conclude that Intel has not yet had any interest whatsoever > in driving IA64 into the realm of reasonble prices? My understanding is that Deerfield will be targeted at the lower cost market, though I haven't seen much info about it recently. > I put it to you that software is easier to develop on hardware. Nothing > unique to IA64, indeed. We still use simulators despite the availability of hardware. Operating system software is often easier to debug on a simulator. Matt