Messages in this thread | | | From | Derek Gladding <> | Subject | Re: jiffies rollover, uptime etc. | Date | Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:56:50 -0800 |
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On Wednesday 20 February 2002 09:32 am, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 02:24:42PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 01:36:02PM +0200, Ville Herva wrote: > > > > asm-ia64/param.h:# define HZ 1024 > > > > asm-x86_64/param.h:#define HZ 100 > > > > > > What's the difference between these two architectures? Intel > > > 64bit processor and AMD's upcoming 64bit processor? > > > > One is a 64 bit extension to a modern superscalar > > architecture which has descended from 8 bit machines > > over the ages. > > > > The other is a 3-issue VLIW follow-up to the 2-issue > > VLIW i860. > > Oh, I didn't know that processor was used for more than printers, > raid controllers, and similar.
IIRC, the i960 is the printer/controller arch, the i860 was the (alleged) "cray-on-a-chip" number cruncher.
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