This post could have its publishing year 2008 included in the HN title.
Seven years later, we have some perspective on the author's prediction:
"Indeed, like an apparition from beyond the grave, the Intel 432 story should serve as a chilling warning to those working on transactional memory today."
Intel's transactional memory implementation TSX was famously broken in its initial incarnations in Haswell/Broadwell. [1]
Seven years later, we have some perspective on the author's prediction:
"Indeed, like an apparition from beyond the grave, the Intel 432 story should serve as a chilling warning to those working on transactional memory today."
Intel's transactional memory implementation TSX was famously broken in its initial incarnations in Haswell/Broadwell. [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_Synchronization_E...