Still makes me sad. I partially think a major reason for the demise was that it was simply constructed too soon. Compiler tech wasn't nearly good enough to handle the ISA.
Nowadays because of the efforts that have gone in to making SIMD effective, I'd think modern compilers would have an easier time taking advantage of that unique and strange uarch.
Itanium did its most most important job: it killed everything but ARM and POWER.
Sunk by the Great Itanic ?
Why was the sinking of SGI great?
Oh, that wasn't the intent. I meant two separate things. The Itanic itself was kind of fascinating, but mostly panned (hence the nickname).
SGI's decision to built out Itanium systems may have helped precipitate their own downfall. That was sad.
Still makes me sad. I partially think a major reason for the demise was that it was simply constructed too soon. Compiler tech wasn't nearly good enough to handle the ISA.
Nowadays because of the efforts that have gone in to making SIMD effective, I'd think modern compilers would have an easier time taking advantage of that unique and strange uarch.
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SGI and HP! Intel should have a statue of Rick Belluzzo on they’r campus.