From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 2 9: 1:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from palrel1.hp.com (palrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 280A137B606 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 09:01:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gene_dinkey@hp.com) Received: from amrelay2.boi.hp.com (amrelay2.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.41]) by palrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9297619F; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 09:01:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xboibrg2.boi.hp.com (xboibrg2.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.172]) by amrelay2.boi.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with SMTP id KAA03979; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 10:01:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from 15.56.8.172 by xboibrg2.boi.hp.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Sun, 02 Jul 2000 10:01:10 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Received: by xboibrg2.boi.hp.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 10:01:10 -0600 Message-ID: From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" To: "'lauasanf@bellsouth.net'" , atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: [off topic] Pentium IV Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 10:01:09 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message