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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. Re:itanium is a solid chip from what I've seen... by quitcherbitchen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sure, but what the rep from Google said about power consumption having priority over speed makes sense. Cost of hardware has always generally moved one way which prescribes a business model of clustering inexpensive components.

    Energy costs fluctuate and with the uncertainty in the Middle East (oil, etc.), I'm sure operators of data centers around the country would have to hold similar views.

  2. Un-Obtainium by dmanny · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A most elusive member of the periodic table

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    All my previous sigs now look like this one, I wish they were permanetly recorded when used. :-(
  3. why ? by fea · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have been using Alpha 64-bit cpus for years now without problems. Why can't we all just use Alphas ?

    1. Re:why ? by Nonillion · · Score: 0, Offtopic


      Because I'm having way too much fun with ultra sparcs.

      I have been looking for a replacement for the intel based boxen I'm running now. Lately, I have been playing around with some old ultra sparc boxes. Not super speed demons anymore but still loads of fun to play with.

      rm -rf windows

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