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Date:      Mon, 02 Sep 2002 17:25:08 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@geekpunk.net>, mark tinguely <tinguely@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu>, akoskine@cc.helsinki.fi, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More dynamic KVA_SPACE
Message-ID:  <3D740164.B5EB3D1F@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020901192245.E1008-100000@taran> <3D72EE54.90EA7977@mindspring.com> <20020902172802.GB5232@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:51:32PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > The original claims for the tape-out on the x86-64 from AMD so
> > that this could happen were September 2001, with sample units
> > 1Q2002.  The AMD schedule slipped.
> 
> LOL!  This slippage is *NOTHING* compared to Merced/IA-64.  When I was
> at HP in the summer of _1997_, Merced was going to come out by end of the
> year.  Hum... a slippage of how many years???  I'd say Intel takes the
> cake for vapor CPU's.

Oh, no question that I'm not happy with hardware vendors.  Hence
the rant against them...  8-) 8-).

-- Terry

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