Replies to post #4764 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[borusa]

chipguy, re: ...keep in
mind that IPF compiler technology, although years ahead of AMD64, is still relatively young for an
entirely different pardigm with at least a decade of steady and significant improvements ahead of
it if it takes a similar path as RISC compiler technology.

I suspect this is an understatement. Hasn't Intel taken a lower road by using an architecture that is easier to design in silicon, but more difficult for the software folks?

Or, maybe that is the higher road. And, Intel is right and everyone else is wrong?

What does IPF stand for?