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From: Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg>
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Cc: Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used	for into
	quad core
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Hi,

On 06 August 2009 pm 19:07:12 Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 05:18:09PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > On 06 August 2009 pm 16:40:41 Mark Stapper wrote:
> > > Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > > > IA 64? Wans't this once - or still is - the term used for
> > > > the Itanium?
> > >
> > > The one that didn't stick... indeed.
> >
> > do they really sell machines with this CPU in numbers?
>
> Wikipedia article on Itanium, Intel manufactures around 200,000

even for a 'RISC' CPU, this number seems very low to me.

> > I have not seen one in the wild.
>
> Not surprising since the Itanium is mainly used in the kind of
> high-end server systems that us ordinary people rarely see and
> certainly can't afford to buy.

I see Sun and IBM machines in places where the Itanium should fit. 
Some moved away from HP to avoid the Itanium.

I know, USD 1 000 000 or more is not what normal people pay for a 
small computer.

Erich