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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.

cheers,

Rik

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