- Apr 25, 2004
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I just borrowed a dual opteron system from a friend of mine and i was considering getting one. I was really excited about the possiblities that i would have with the new 64 bit technology. However, i have been really disappointed. I did some reseach before i bought it and i knew current IA 64 programs would not work on it, in fact i can't find any programs that are specialized for the amd 64. I have worked with IA 64 technology for some years now, mainly with SGI and Sun. USing the MIPS core and The UltraSparc. I have also used intel's itanium2 for a short time. As far as i can tell these opterons server absolutly no purpose. I know everyone has been saying applications are coming that utilize the new technology, but why waste the time on this stuff. In my line of work we utilize the IA 64 qualities in doing large analysis work in FEA. Mainly on nonlinear deformations, the IA 64 RISC processing power is much needed in this case. Simply put, an Intel processor will not do the trick, because it does not have the necessary benifits of a 64 bit processor, and neither does the AMD opteron 64. I was just wondering if anyone here knew of any uses of the AMD 64 technology that would persuade me to spend the extra $1000 over the dual xeon system i'm considering building as well. In reality if AMD kills the actual market for real IA 64 processors, it would be a massive step back in technology. In fact it would probably set us back 20 years of quality research.