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There is many bits of information in this article. The Linux 2.6 Kernel will be out by June of next year. Also, Torvalds says that he prefers AMD's x86-64 over the pure 64bit Itanium.
There is many bits of information in this article. The Linux 2.6 Kernel will be out by June of next year. Also, Torvalds says that he prefers AMD's x86-64 over the pure 64bit Itanium.
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Torvalds also griped about Intel's decision to push its high-end Itanium "IA-64" processors over its current Pentium and Xeon "IA-32" lines. The Itanium processor, codeveloped by Hewlett-Packard, is a 64-bit chip built to accommodate vast amounts of memory, but the commands it understands are drastically different from those understood by the 32-bit Pentium line. Torvalds said he preferred AMD's approach to 64-bit computers, keeping the same commands, or "instruction set," but adding 64-bit abilities.
"I really dislike IA-64. I think it's a losing strategy," Torvalds said. "My personal hope is that IA-64 withers and dies because there's no point. It performs badly; it's expensive; it's an all-new instruction set."