| Date | Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:50:36 -0800 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call |
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> On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 03:38:10AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> ia32 big iron. sigh. I think that's so unfortunately in a number >> of ways, but the main reason, of course, is that highmem is evil :)
One phrase ... "price:performance ratio". That's all it's about. The only thing that will kill 32-bit big iron is the availability of cheap 64 bit chips. It's a free-market economy.
It's ugly to program, but it's cheap, and it works.
M.
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