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Inside the Itanium

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hammer-time dept.

vanguard writes: "Extreme Tech has a detailed overview of the Itanium. It's fairly long but it's worth your time if such things interest you."

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  1. Why this strange name ? by Krapangor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does anyone here know why Intel named this processor with such a strange name ?
    Everybody associates Itanium with Italy - a country with Mafia, corrupt goverment and now a right wing pre-dictator president.
    More literally minded people might associate Itanium with Itaka - the homeland of Odysseus a greek hero who drove gods mad and never made it home in time.
    So why this strange name which everybody associates with negative effects ?
    Does the Itanium has timing problems ?
    Does it drive the users crazy ?
    Does it corrupt the operating systems and make viruses take over the system ?
    Does it suppress all program which don't use right aligned doubles ?

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