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> ia64 is very much a superscalar CPU

Yes, but ia64 was not pure VLIW design, it was EPIC - VLIW with additions. So compiler could suggest optimal path of execution, but if suggestion was not created, it using OoO (in reality things sophisticated, but on first look, something like this).

Other wide known VLIWs are nearly all ultraspecialized pure designs, without any OoO, because EPIC is very expensive in means of transistor number and cost of large die.

Example, AMD TeraScale GPU architecture, Radeon HD 2000 series, Radeon HD 3000 series, Radeon HD 4000 series, Radeon HD 5000 Series, Radeon HD 6900 series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeraScale_(microarchitecture).