Re: Where is IBM?

["Ingvaldson, Scott" <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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from: http://www.msnbc.com/news/903304.asp?0cv=TA00&cp1=1
Additionally, Opteron comes with 16 registers, or data holding bays, instead
of eight like existing chips using the so-called X86 architecture, which is
the basis for current Intel and AMD chips.
        "The X86 architecture is fine, but if it has any one limitation it
is in the limited number of registers," AMD's Meyer said. "Going from eight
to 16 may not sound like much in comparison to RISC architectures (like
IBM's Power 4 chip) with tens of registers, but you get essentially 80
percent of the benefit going from eight to 16." 
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I know that I'm preaching to the choir here, but in a nutshell the state of
the art in X86 architecture is "80 percent" as good as the Power4.

Scott Ingvaldson
AS/400 System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group