tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post952741893551022093..comments2024-03-27T00:26:40.551-07:00Comments on Real Time View: The real deal - NonStop supports x86!Richard Bucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17723428627971060930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-13519441899064930272013-11-20T16:26:25.495-08:002013-11-20T16:26:25.495-08:00My understanding Keith is that it will continue to...My understanding Keith is that it will continue to be little-endian but everything given to, or taken from (i.e. as an application) will be handled by the OS as big-endian.<br /><br />There's no new big-endian mode on Xeon. AS for your observations re data - well, I think that they have addressed that from talks with other vendors already briefed by HP. Hopefully someone will step in here although I seem to recall some responses to discussions on LinkedIn have covered this ...Richard Bucklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723428627971060930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-18479721032969342852013-11-04T12:38:23.529-08:002013-11-04T12:38:23.529-08:00Little-endian, or will Intel add a big-endian mode...Little-endian, or will Intel add a big-endian mode to Xeon?<br /><br />If little-endian, it won't be compile and go, due to at least unstructured files that have big-endian data in them, and, to some extent, programs that have big-endian assumptions built in (sometimes unrecognized).<br /><br />If a new big-endian mode on Xeon, that would be a fairly big block for quick ports of x86 software to the platform -- no less than there is now, but don't get excited about easy availability of all the x86 software in the world. Keithnoreply@blogger.com