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InfoWorld: Intel details 64-bit Merced plans

Thanks to Amos Shapira for this link.

“Other operating systems booted include Sun’s Solaris, SCO
UnixWare Monterey, Novell’s Modesto, HP-UX, plus full support for
Linux.”

“According to Intel officials, the processor will help OS
vendors create high-availability features for enhanced error
handling support and monitoring, which will result in downtime
measured in minutes per year.”

Doesn’t Linux already have that on x86 processors? -lt
ed


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