Intel has lost the biggest customer for its ailing Itanium chip: Hewlett Packard’s workstation division. HP is instead opting for total commitment to the 64-bit x86 chip market.
In working with and listening to our high-performance workstation partners and customers, we have become aware that the focus in this arena is being driven toward 64-bit extension technology,” HP said in a statement. “The decision to discontinue HP’s Itanium workstation investment is limited to the workstation market and has no impact on HP’s success with Itanium-based Integrity servers.
Submitted by: muddocktor
Looks like another knife in the back for Itanic to become commonplace any time in the near future for anything besides high end servers. -muddocktor
Source: The Register
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