Hi,
The IA64 (merced) is a kind of VLIW (Very Large Instruction Word)
processor. It is basically a complete new kind of systems architecture
with a i686 (and of course a i586, ..., 4004) slapped on the side. The
original processor design was done by HP. See:
The IA-64 Architecture at Work,
IEEE Computer Vol. 31, No. 7, July 1998
for a more informed description ;-) of the processor.
Hans
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