Dan, Re: I think it will be very difficult for AMD to get some developers to port to 64-bits when the architectural differences don't make much of a difference for their application.
>> Which is exactly why Itanium is doomed and AMD64 will soon be completely dominating servers, workstations, and high end (profitable) desktops.
Based on the benchmarks, I'd argue the contrary. This is getting tired, however. We both know that IPF is well suited for some applications and unsuited for others, at least for the time being. Going back and forth with our own definitions of success or failure gets us nowhere.
And I agree that AMD64 will soon completely dominate most volume market segments, but about 85% of that will be called IA32e.
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