Re: [Linux-ia64] Itanium gets supercomputing software

David Mosberger
2003-04-10T23:39:46Z

>>>>> 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.

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.

--david