From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 27 7: 7:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gw-nl1.origin-it.com (gw-nl1.origin-it.com [193.79.128.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04D5154F1; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:07:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hans.Zuidam@nl.origin-it.com) Received: from mail.nl.origin-it.com (localhost.origin-it.com [127.0.0.1]) by gw-nl1.origin-it.com with ESMTP id QAA01102; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:04:01 +0200 (MEST) (envelope-from Hans.Zuidam@nl.origin-it.com) Received: from mail.nl.origin-it.com(172.16.127.67) by gw-nl1.origin-it.com via mwrap (4.0a) id xma001100; Fri, 27 Aug 99 16:04:01 +0200 Received: from nlehx900.ehvovh.nl.origin-it.com (nlehx900.ehvovh.nl.origin-it.com [172.16.92.111]) by mail.nl.origin-it.com (8.9.3/8.8.5-1.2.2m-19990317) with ESMTP id QAA19696; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:04:01 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by nlehx900.ehvovh.nl.origin-it.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:04:01 +0200 Message-ID: <9B7E8CE3E214D311A3050008C7A4BDDB0665DC@nlehx061.ehvvon.nl.origin-it.com> From: "Zuidam, Hans" To: "'Thomas David Rivers'" , jlwest@tseinc.com, szoli@netvisor.hu Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Intel? - NOT Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:04:00 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, The IA64 (merced) is a kind of VLIW (Very Large Instruction Word) processor. It is basically a complete new kind of systems architecture with a i686 (and of course a i586, ..., 4004) slapped on the side. The original processor design was done by HP. See: The IA-64 Architecture at Work, IEEE Computer Vol. 31, No. 7, July 1998 for a more informed description ;-) of the processor. Hans -- Hans Zuidam e-mail: hans.zuidam@nl.origin-it.com Origin, BAS/AM-CE tel. +31 40 2735569 Gebouw SK-520 fax. +31 40 2736936 Glaslaan 2 5616 LW Eindhoven To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message