Quote Originally Posted by AliG View Post
Then why don't intel and amd dump x86 and use whatever IBM's using? Makes a lot more sense than trying to max out way outdated technology, I mean that's like keeping with netburst instead of moving with conroe (which thankfully intel did not do, but its time for a change imo)
IBM is using utter crap too to say it mildly. PPC aint the future.

My best bet currently of whats avalible would be IA64, and no its just not because its Intel.

Else something alike it or completely new. Specially an architecture that can scale well in execution units. Now Core 2/Nehalem is 4 issue wide. IA64 as an example can scale to 11 issue wide and maybe more.

The only single issue there is stopping all progress is. Compability!
Same with software, Microsoft is dead scared to lose compability so we have so much extra baggage always.

We basicly just need a fresh start in both CPU arch and software to leap ahead instead of doing very small steps towards the dead end.