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There is a lot of buzz about our new 64-Bit editions of Window Server 2003 – which got me thinking last night. Microsoft has been in the 64-Bit game since the launch of Window Server 2003 – with Itanium. One aspect of SP1 (in my opinion) that is not getting a lot of attention is how we are still building and developing on the Itanium platform.
One of the features of SP1 for Window Server 2003 will include the IA-32 Execution Layer Driver for Itanium. What is that you ask? The IA-32 Execution Layer (IA-32 EL) is a software driver that improves performance of 32-bit applications running 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems. In short – IA-32 EL works by translating IA-32 code into native Itanium architecture code before it is executed.
It will be included as part of the SP1 for Server 2003 – or you can download it now:
http://newed.any0.dpdns.org/windowsserver2003/64bit/ipf/ia32el.mspx
You can also read more about it at the Intel site:
http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/downloads/254318.htm
Ward
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