Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 16:20:16 -0500 From: Laurence Sanford <lauasanf@bellsouth.net> To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com>, atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: [off topic] Pentium IV Message-ID: <00070216210101.20431@damage> In-Reply-To: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313D9@xfc04.fc.hp.com> References: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313D9@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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Nope. This is Itanium. The P4 is an x86 chip. On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1) spoke unto us, and they said: > Is the P4 the same thing as the IA-64? IA-64 is a join venture between HP > and Intel attempting to create a merge of PA-RISC and x86 > architectures...check out http://www.IA-64.hp.com, could be what your > looking for but I'm not sure. > > Gene > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Laurence Sanford [mailto:lauasanf@bellsouth.net] > >Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 7:56 AM > >To: atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br; Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga; > >questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: [off topic] Pentium IV > > > > > >There are no details yet on the Pentium 4 (it is 4 btw, > >they've dropped the > >roman numerals) other than the fact that supposedly its > >architecture is as new > >and different from the rest of the P6 family as the Athlon's > >is. That, and > >supposedly, its going to run at very high (read start at > >1.3Ghz) clock rates. > >Only time will fill in more of the sketchy details that have > >been released. > > > > > > > >On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga spoke unto > >us, and they said: > >> Any one know where can i see details about Pentium IV? Like > >benchmarks > >> (no windows ones), or articles ? > >> > >> Another question: When Intel released Pentium MMX the > >principal changes > >> from Pentium was some instructions in the processor, bud only > >> softwares ables to "look for" that instructions worked better. With > >> Pentium II ==> Pentium III was the same thing. My question is: Are > >> there projects in unix word that take care news softwares > >become ables > >> to works with this "instructions"? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Ata. > >> > >> PS: Sorry for so poor english. > >> > >> -- > >> Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br > >> http://www.iqm.unicamp.br > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- > >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >Drew Sanford > >Email: lauasanf@bellsouth.net > >ICQ: 8690555 > >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > >"My mother said to me, if you become a soldier, you'll be a > >general, if you > >become a monk, you'll end up as the pope. Instead I became a > >painter and > >wound up as Picasso." -- Pablo Picasso > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Drew Sanford Email: lauasanf@bellsouth.net ICQ: 8690555 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "My mother said to me, if you become a soldier, you'll be a general, if you become a monk, you'll end up as the pope. Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." -- Pablo Picasso To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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