Reasons to use x64 and reasons to use Mac

Jordi · Post by **Jordi** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:46 am

@Psychophanta:

Interesting your comment of science computer, Cell processor and PS3. Of course many universities has a grid/farm/cluster/blade... of "standard" computers but OS is a litle bit hacked for add the performance of all of them, isn't it? So is a niche market.

On the other hand there are DSPs of 32bit with more performance than other 32bit processors and lower clock speed but they are designed to digital signal processing as its name say. Speed as size is not the most importang thing, data and address path width, cache feed algo and pre-loading possible nexts instructions... are also very important in the performance of processors.

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:29 am

Hehe, nice.
Well, what i meant is that today, even it is a separated market, the hardware tech is near the one we can see in any computer store. There is no different nor more advanced.

Salut Jordi!

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:55 pm

Jordi wrote:... my wife is foreign...

My wife is native, I'm foreign

Jordi · Post by **Jordi** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:22 pm

@pdwyer:

Hehehe, I was talking with Psychophanta and "our" country so she is the foreign

Good one.

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:05 am

I'm part of the cosmos too!