Re: 7.4 Press Release -- Draft #4

On Saturday 26 July 2003 17:04, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> >    - Takes full advantage of large (>4GB) memory configurations on
> >      numerous 64 bit platforms including AMD Opteron, HP/Compaq Alpha,
> >      Sun UltraSPARC, MIPS, PA-RISC, and RS6000*
>
> This bullet is really lacking punch now.  64 bit CPUs aren't used
> _just_ for additional memory access.  I didn't look too closely to see
> when they came in (before or after this email), but there were a few
> quotes and bits about 64bit platforms that had better ring than this.
> As it stands, I read, "we run on wherever GCC and the OS can run,"
> which is true, but neglects that it's somewhat battle proven on
> Opteron and the other CPU's/OS'es mentioned.  We really do _support_
> Opteron in the sense that there are #ifdef's in our code to make sure
> that performance on Opteron doesn't suck(tm).
>
> >    - Adds support for the AMD Opteron, increasing the list of 64bit
> >    platforms supported.  Supported 64bit platforms include HP/Compaq
> >    Alpha, Sun UltraSPARC, MIPS, PA-RISC, RS6000*, and AMD Opteron.
> >

- Is now optmized for the AMD Opteron, increasing the family of 64-bit
platforms supported which already includes HP/Compaq, Alpha, Sun UltraSPARC,
MIPS, PA-RISC, and RS6000*.  64-bit platforms are designed to be a new class
of high-performance computing, with greater levels of computing power and
scaleability needed for enterprise level systems.

Robert Treat
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