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Intel Shifting 64-bit Plans

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the kicking-it-up-a-notch dept.

OS24Ever writes "News.com has an article stating that 'Intel plans to demonstrate a 64-bit revamp of its Xeon and Pentium processors in mid-February--an endorsement of a major rival's strategy and a troubling development for Intel's Itanium chip' Is this the end of Itanium?" Looks like the rumors were true.

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  1. COWBOY NEIL IS A FAT FUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You should look into Atkins, fatboy.

  2. Re:At a glance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    NO, you're just a stupid piece of shit. FUCK YOU.

  3. Re:At a glance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    no

  4. Once Again Microsoft Drags Down The Industry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There is only one reason to build these 32-bit/64-bit hybrids, which is that Microsoft doesn't have the technical competence to make their software 64-bit-ready.

    These CPU compromises are reminiscent of a previous time, when lack of support by Microsoft delayed the common use of the 386, and proper memory protection, by five years.

    However, while Intel will do what they must in order to cater to Windows' weaknesses, I am skeptical of the article's suggestion that Intel will pull back on support for the Itanium. More likely, Intel will continue to push the Itanium for high-end work, such as the current Itanium supercomputers and server farms used for doing things like forecsting the weather, and rendering movie graphics.

    Those high-end Itanium machines will, of course, be running Linux.