RE: The Common System Interface: Intel's Future Interconnect


-----Original Message-----
From: JF Mezei [mailto:jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: August 29, 2007 9:35 PM
To: Info-VAX@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: The Common System Interface: Intel's Future Interconnect

Main, Kerry wrote:
All,

The following article may be of interest: (August 28, 2007)
http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT082807020032&p=1


Mr Main,

What will differentiate a 64 bit 8086 plugged into a CSI interface from
a 64 bit IA64 also plugged into a CSI interface ?

If both have access to the same type of memory, cache etc, then won't
the industry standard architecture that has competition from AMD end up
being far superior than some proprietary IA64 thing that requires its
own proprietary funky compilers due to ist EPIC nature ?

JF -

Remember the relative importance to Cust's in terms of both what they have and what they
need In the future:

1. App = 50-60%
2. OS = 25-35%
3. Server HW - 10-15%

While #3 gets all sorts of attention in techie newsgroups, in the pig picture,
#1 and #2 are much more important to Cust's. With a massive glut in available compute
cycles in most Cust's environment today, Cust's are not impressed with fantastic new
computer speeds that will increase their glut of available compute cycles even more.

Btw, this applies to all platforms.

Also, keep in mind that there is now a massive trend to consolidating both servers and
DC's. This is a huge change from the distributed computing designs of the last 10 years.

Imho, the question that will become increasingly important in the future - "Can a company
afford OS platforms for their future centralized, very HA strategy that have "one app,
one OS" App/ISV support cultures and where the OS vendors release 5-20 security patches
per month?"

My advice to Cust's - think like Wayne Gretzky (ok, he's a hockey player) and the way
He became a great player .. "Do not skate to where the puck is, but where it will be in
the next play sequence .."

:-)

Regards


Kerry Main
Senior Consultant
HP Services Canada
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