Mastodawn

since this has never been mentioned outside of 370network, here is something funny we (@morc) did in like the first few days of 2026 #itanium #ia64 #totalx86death

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Kevin Karhan

Dec 28

@mrmasterkeyboard @hexaheximal I hope not, but then again there were also calls to yeet #i486 / #i486SX support.

Which would really suck because a lot of newly deployed #embedded systems in #industrial applications are still i486SX-#ISA based like the low-spec #Vortex86 offering #Vortex86SX...

Which you may know from the #Wee86 by @rasteri …

But in the end #support will be up to the #Linux community and @torvalds ...

I.e. #Itanium support as shortly dropped after that got #EoL'd because it was a dead-on-arrival shitshow and basically any buyer stuck with #HPUX on #IA64 anyway…

Mini MSDOS gaming PC - Part 1

Using PC/104 components to build a mini 486 MSDOS gaming PC with NO EMULATION!Part 2 is here - https://youtu.be/6cXdWMOl8QEThanks to Foone for the soundcard ...

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N-gated Hacker News Dec 8

In a stunning revelation from 2004, we learn that uninitialized garbage on #ia64 is dangerous—who would've guessed? 😱 The article then detours into a parade of Microsoft buzzwords, reminding us that tech jargon is the ultimate cure for #insomnia. 💤
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040119-00/?p=41003 #uninitializedgarbage #Microsoftbuzzwords #techjargon #cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated

Uninitialized garbage on ia64 can be deadly - The Old New Thing

On Friday, we talked about some of the bad things that can happen if you call a function with the wrong signature. The ia64 introduces yet another possible bad consequence of a mismatched function signature which you may have thought was harmless. The CreateThread function accepts a LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE, which has the function signature DWORD CALLBACK […]

The Old New Thing

Hacker News Dec 8

Uninitialized garbage on ia64 can be deadly (2004)

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040119-00/?p=41003

#HackerNews #Uninitialized #garbage #ia64 #deadly #programming #security

Uninitialized garbage on ia64 can be deadly - The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

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रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Sep 30, 2025

“Athlon 64: How AMD Turned The Tables On Intel”, Dave Farquhar (https://dfarq.homeip.net/athlon-64-how-amd-turned-the-tables-on-intel/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45376605

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/idcny5/athlon_64_how_amd_turned_tables_on_intel

#Intel #AMD #Athlon #Itanium #CPU #Hardware #x86 #IA64 #ISA

Athlon 64: How AMD turned the tables on Intel

Better 32-bit performance was worth trading some 64-bit performance to get

The Silicon Underground

रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Sep 30, 2025

A nice account of how #Intel spent far too much time & money with #HP on the doomed #Itanium 64-bit #CPU, only to be beaten by #AMD with #Athlon (with help from #Microsoft):

“The Long Mode Chronicles”, Phil Park (https://computerparkitecture.substack.com/p/the-long-mode-chronicles).

#Hardware #x86 #IA64

The Long Mode Chronicles

How the World Became x86-64 Inside

Computer Parkitecture

Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)Aug 8, 2025

A question for chip gurus to explain (ie argue 😁) …

Purely in architectural terms (ie ignore current success / adoption etc) - which is/was the best architecture: #x86 vs #ARM vs #RISCV vs #MIPS vs #SPARC vs #IA64 vs Alpha - and why? What pros/cons of each make the choice?

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Kevin Karhan

Jun 5, 2025

@wyatt I think amd64 is way better than ix86-64 or ix64…

Anything is better than #IA64 and #Itanium deserved to be an even bigger failure than it was!

NerdNextDoor

Apr 23, 2025

Hey #Intel and other hashtags!

What was your thoughts on #IntelItanium or #IA64 and what was your experience if you had any? I’ve not had any personal experience, but I’m curious to hear yours!

Can’t wait to read!

#Itanium #Tech #Technology #CPU #Computers #CPUArchitecture