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Itanium Problems

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fever-dreams dept.

webdev writes "An article in today's NYTimes (free but...) highlights some industry concerns over Itanium. The author suggests the normal "what's bad for Intel is bad for the computer industry". Anyone know the power consumption for IBM's 64 bit effort GPUL?"

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  1. My favorite quote from the article by wolfgang_spangler · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Every big computing disaster has come from taking too many ideas and putting them in one place, and the Itanium is exactly that," said Gordon Bell, a veteran computer designer and a Microsoft researcher."

    He should follow that up by saying, "Here at Microsoft we have proved this time and time again."

  2. Only If... by Myriad · · Score: 5, Funny
    Can we use now the term "vaporware" for hardware as well as software?

    Only if you try to overclock it.

    --
    "They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
  3. At 135 watts per chip... by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?

    In fact, I know from a reliable source that tomorrow the president of the USA is going to reveal that the Iraqi army has managed to get hold of 2000 Itanium chips and is threatening to turn them all on and melt the Earth.

    RMN
    ~~~