Harlan McGhan
ABD, M.A., Princeton University, History and Logic of Science - B.A. Michigan State University, Philosophy - Taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Delaware, Santa Clara University, University of Silicon Valley (formerly Cogswell Polytechnical College), San Jose State University - Previously employed by Exxon Office Systems, National Semiconductor, Intergraph, Redwood Venture Partners, Sun Microsystems, Microprocessor Report, Telairity Semiconductor - Currently Principal at 24C ADEs (Analytical, Documentation, and Educational services)
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Papers by Harlan McGhan
• Similarities and differences between EPIC and both VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) and RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) architectures
• IA-64 execution model
• IA-64 design goals
• Achievements of the first two generations of the Itanium Processor Family (IPF)
• The IPF roadmap as of 2002
• Assessment of actual and potential accomplishments of IPF processors against the EPIC claims made for this family.
An annotated bibliography of over 200 items provides insight into how views of EPIC unfolded and changed over the decade from 1993-2002. The current version 2.3 of this paper also features a new postscript, summarizing IPF developments since 2002 and discussing, in some depth, the x86 or “IA-32” backstory to Intel’s IA-64 project.
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• Similarities and differences between EPIC and both VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) and RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) architectures
• IA-64 execution model
• IA-64 design goals
• Achievements of the first two generations of the Itanium Processor Family (IPF)
• The IPF roadmap as of 2002
• Assessment of actual and potential accomplishments of IPF processors against the EPIC claims made for this family.
An annotated bibliography of over 200 items provides insight into how views of EPIC unfolded and changed over the decade from 1993-2002. The current version 2.3 of this paper also features a new postscript, summarizing IPF developments since 2002 and discussing, in some depth, the x86 or “IA-32” backstory to Intel’s IA-64 project.