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HP, Intel Call it Quits on Itanium Partnership

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the better-luck-next-time dept.

envisionary writes "Hewlett-Packard Co. and Intel Corp. have ended their partnership to co-develop the Itanium 64-bit processor line, according to a report from Reuters. The move follows disappointing sales for servers based on the processor, according to the report. Intel and HP developed the processor about 10 years, but the chip has been a flop due to delays, cost overruns and lackluster demand."

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  1. Itanic sinks, great loss of money feared by IO+ERROR · · Score: 4, Funny
    The Itanic sank today on its maiden voyage. Most of us saw this coming. When Microsoft won't even get on board, you know your processor is in trouble.

    The Register coverage: Who Sank Itanic?

    Everyone has been saying that Itanic will sink for quite a while now; it's about time that HP and Intel realized they were pouring money down a drain and pulled the plug on the project.

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  2. Re:Itanium is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    "I think it's pretty clear the Intanium is dead. I predict that within 3 years HP will officially abandon it and Intel will stop making it."

    Cool. A perfect match for *BSD.

  3. Wow... by copponex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdotters said something was going to die, and it actually did...

    I think I'm selling my iBook.

    1. Re:Wow... by Xpilot · · Score: 2, Funny

      Slashdotters said something was going to die, and it actually did...

      I think I'm selling my iBook.

      Because it's from Apple or because the OS runs something that's BSD-ish?

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  4. Itanium failure as a chip, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    an enormous success as a space-heater.

  5. Re:Maybe it's just me, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was because it cost $900 for a CPU that did about a much as a 1-2 Ghz 32-bit processor.

    Mark my words, consumers will never have a need for a 64-bit processor. Itanium was toast from the start. 32-bit processing is good enough for anybody.

  6. TitanicBSD? by copponex · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean OS X?