Well, Sparky, go back to your Itaniums, PowerPCs, Sparcs, or whatever architecture you see as "best".

You are making the same mistake Intel did with it's Itanium.

For you, the best way is making such a complicated low level instruction set that the required compilers are impossible to write, and ONLY the low level assembly programming you mentioned to be a viable sollution to program the machine. Now THIS is a turd.

And the Itanium wasn't the Messiah of chips you claim it is. In fact, it was performing worse than x86 and needed more complicated compilers. No wonder it didn't managed to kill the x86

This is why x86 never dies, despite it's old design. Because it was designed to be simple at heart, yet very powerful and to expand via hardware and software. Period.

The x86 architecture is the technological equivalent of polishing a turd. Surprisingly, this turd has kept up with advances in chip technology. It's like putting a twin turbo engine in a 1969 VW beetle.

The surprising thing is, is that so far the "turd polishing" has worked quite well for Intel and AMD. This is a CPU design that should have died in the early 1990's but somehow, for the sake of "compatibility" refuses to die in favor of a superior design.

Anyone with both hardware and low level software design experience with the x86 family will tell you it's a veritable nightmare of mode changes and size constraints. Yet, compiler's are magnificent at hiding this rats nest of crap from the average programmer.

Seriously, it's like the Edsel being the top selling vehicle.

It's down right amazing this veritable piece of crap and its generational patches and compatibility modes is considered the peak of technology. To that I salute Intel for their fine job at polishing a turd.

True, they tried to phase out the x86 with their Tantalum line, but the zombie refuses to be put down.

IBM is trying with their cell, but it's destined to failure with its wacky way of programming. The only player I think has a chance of loosening the x86 juggernaut is NVidia and their GPU/CPU hybrid idea. However, the only way such a thing is possible, is to demonstrate their chip is head over heals many times faster than an Intel x86 zombie. Something that's easy to code and easy to design a motherboard for. Especially something that is easy to port code to.

Until then, we're stuck with this turd.

So, SkyNet in Terminator it's Intel Inside. That's what Intel was talking when they said "x86 EVERYWHERE".

That means SkyNet is Intel Inside?

AMD's are also NUMA machines.
Get your facts straight!

4 or 8 blades are enought to produce entire television show, eg,DisneyWorlds Star Display. However, ONE Mainframe can have thousands of processors in size of closet. 4 blades seem to takesame space, yet after unused steel, Hair Weave Cabling, Special Deadly Dust(so you'll never look in there again) & plain crap, many don't know difference.

Now About American Investor Bonds. Everyone knows insurance comes from germany (AG) or India (I), yet few know of AIG American Investor Bond issued from Holland. It happens before every war.

Recently, in 1993, American Investor came out with their own 24% US Bond, Problem, Hon Bush I esq wasn't reelected. Now those bonds are starting to roost & sure nuff, American Investor is bankrupt. So you pay private bond offerrings.

Main idea is drain country of money before need it most. Hahahahaha ahhhh. Then take over when payout occurrs, yet this time its something of Vampire Bat, Hanging Up Side Down.
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