From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 27 6:32:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.vnet.net (smtp2.vnet.net [166.82.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE68715532; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:32:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp2.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA00829; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:32:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA28277; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:32:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.2/8.6.9) id JAA37041; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:32:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:32:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199908271332.JAA37041@lakes.dignus.com> To: jlwest@tseinc.com, szoli@netvisor.hu Subject: Re: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Intel? - NOT Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Jay West wrote: > > > Keep in mind that the merced chip was not really designed or created by > > Intel at all. > >=20 > > It was created almost completely by HP (by the same group responsible for > > PA-RISC), with Intel as merely the production facilities. For obvious > > marketing, competitive, and resource reasons both HP and Intel share the > > rights to merced. > >=20 > Does that mean that Merced is heir of the PA-RISC design just like PowerPC > is the heir of IBM POWER processor family's? > Not actually - I understand that many people who worked on PA-RISC worked on the initial Merced design. But, the instruction sets/implementation are totally different. Merced can run PA-RISC and IA32 instructions via mode bits on the chip. It's not transparent. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message