I'd also prefer a clean break, something clean like ARM (although it's getting d...

beagle3 on Aug 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: "It’s done in hardware so it’s cheap"

I'd also prefer a clean break, something clean like ARM (although it's getting dirtier).

But the Itanium that intel moved on to? That isn't a clean break. It's a mistake. I'm so happy that AMD was able to force them to make something useful instead.