Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 01:28:42 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: 64-bit FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000809012842.M250@parish>
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In an article about Yahoo's use of Intel architecture amongst several mentions that they use FreeBSD was this: The company also reviews new technologies constantly. As an IA-64 early development partner, Yahoo! is working to advance a version of FreeBSD that is optimized for the 64-bit IntelŪ Itanium[tm] processor and future IA-64 processors. With support for massive 64-bit memory addressability, IA-64-optimized software could enable Yahoo! to place truly vast Web indexes directly into server system memory for lightning-fast response. http://www.intel.com/eBusiness/estrategies/casestudies/yahoo/business.htm -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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