17 Nov
2001
17 Nov
'01
6:50 a.m.
Re:
PA-RISC is dead/dying ... HP has said so. IA-64 killed it.
Yes, we know that some new systems (for HP 9000 *and* HP 3000) are coming
out in the next couple of years. Some will be based on their high-end
PA-RISC 8800 "chip" (two 8700 CPUs on a single die, with a big cache),
but...that's it, there's nothing in the pipeline after a few years from now.
(Indeed, PA-RISC was originally scheduled to be dead by now, but it had to
be extended due to the lateness of IA-64.)
Do I like this? Nope. But, it's as much "legacy" as Z80, 68000, and
(probably) all x86 chips.
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
You're
forgetting that PA-RISC is also in the same position. It's
called "legacy", isn't it?
Feh. We have two PA-RISC boxen in the server room. I'm sure the IT
director would be very upset if that happened, considering they're barely
three years old at the most.