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What's Next in CPU Land after Itanium?

Posted by Cliff on from the is-intel-the-only-chip-maker-left dept.

"I work for a major research organization. Of late a lot of the normal big computer companies have been visiting and preaching the gospel of Itanium. My question to them, and to the assembled masses here at Slashdot is what happens next when Itanium is real? My world view is that Itanium based systems will become commodity products very quickly after good silicon is available in reasonable volume. At that point, why should one spend $8-10k for that hardware from the likes of HP, Compaq, Dell and others when one can build it for $2k (or even less)? In other words, has Intel finally done in most of their customers by obliterating all the other CPU choices (except IBM Power4 [& friends G4, et al] and AMD Hammer) and turned the remainder of the marketplace into raw commodity goods? Lest you defend the other CPUs... Sparc is dead, Sun doesn't have the money (more than US$1B we'll guess) to do another round. PA-RISC is done, as HP has given away the architecture group. MIPS lacks funding (and perhaps even the idea people at this point). Alpha is gone too (also because of the heavy investment problem no doubt). Most other CPUs don't have an installed base that makes any difference, especially in the high end computing world. So what's next? I don't like the single track future that Intel has just because it is a single track!"

6 of 541 comments (clear)

  1. Grammer Problems by ZeroEpoch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is it just me, because I can hardly understand what this guy is saying. It doesn't even appear to be english, well not coherent english.

  2. Re:*cough* PoerPC *cough* by mojo-raisin · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    We can always count on you Mac fanboys to forget that an Athlon kicks the Shit out of a G$ for 1/2 the cost.

    Apples will forever be the domain of those who don't care much for performance.

  3. You work for a research firm? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    As what, a janitor?

    My question to them, and to the assembled masses here at Slashdot is what happens next when Itanium is real?

    It's been out for almost a year now, Super-Sleuth.

    - A.P.

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  4. Yes, but HE works for a RESEARCH FIRM! by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So he obviously knows more than you.

    Now sit down and let Research Boy do the talking, because everything he said was right!

    - A.P.

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  5. Re:SPARC is dead? by sysadmn · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I'm amazed at the quality of FUD in this "article" and that it actually made it to the front page of Slashdot.

    You're new here, right? Welcome to Slashdot.
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  6. Re:So what CPU is IBM using? by TheLink · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mainframe or Unix or wearable pc or ...?

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