On Mar 4, 6:54*pm, daytripper wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:03:54 -0800 (PST), Robert Myers
wrote:
[...]

If this chip really were socket-compatible with QPI Xeon's, that could
be a game-changer, but I haven't seen language that seems sufficiently
specific to draw conclusions.

I'm curious how you came to your "could be a game-changer" conclusion. By all
appearances, it's the architecture and the mountain of baggage it brings that
has been pretty soundly rejected by all but a very few. Hardware
implementation details seem to be well below the noise floor wrt
significance...


People have x86 software and they have enterprise software.

If you're IBM, you satisfy that need by selling expensive plugins that
allow you to include PC-compatible chips into your, um, mainframe
installation.

If you're HP, potentially you say, here's you box. Run whatever you
like.

Robert.