Intel and HP Commit $10 billion to Boost Itanium

YesSir writes "Support for the high-end processor that has had difficulties catching on is coming in from its co-developers Intel and HP. 'The 10 billion investment is a statement that we want to accelerate as a unified body' said Tom Kilroy, general manager of Intel’s digital enterprise group."

Comments

Alpha

[linguae]

Too bad HP won't spend $$$ to bring back the Alpha.

I miss architecture diversity....

Re:Alpha

[gbobeck]

I also agree. I love my DEC Multia -- it does a great job of heating my room.

More seriously, though... The Alpha was kicking ass and taking names back in the day. 64-bit and ran at 200 MHz when the Pentium was barely able to fart out 66 MHz.

The funny thing is that most places just don't run Itanium chips - they use Xenon chips instead.

Re:Alpha

[Anonymous Coward]

I miss architecture diversity....

Come to the other end of the spectrum, we've still got ARM.

They can't not do this

[Anonymous Coward]

I saw a documentary on TV a while ago about the impact that Moore's Law has had on the world economy.

Essentially it stated that:

. The big economic powerhouses of the world are based largely on IT
. A key driver for the developemnt of IT is the continual improvement in computer power (and corresponding drop in price)
. When Moore's Law hits the basic physics of silicon, and they can't make any more faster chips, then this economic driver stops

If Intel and so on don't keep on pushing Itamiums then unless AMD can keep ahead we are all in trouble

Re:Last Gasp for Big Iron?

[countach]

This aint time for Intel to fold em.

This aint time for Intel to walk away.

This is time for Intel to RUN RUN RUN!!!

This is NOT it's last gasp.

[Chas]

This is more along the lines of post-mortem muscle contractions.

I'm sure that SOMEONE out there is willing to pour money down the toilet for this platform. And they'll make HP/Intel very very happy.

Then again, there's people who're into snorting drain cleaner too...

Re:This is NOT it's last gasp.

[Cloud 9]

Then again, there's people who're into snorting drain cleaner too...

Please.

Fortune 500 companies mainline.

Re:Itanium vs. Ultrasparc T1

[TubeSteak]

but can they compete

Of course they can.

Dual Core = 4 threads
Hyperthreading = 8 threads
Quad Processors = 32 threads

Ta Da!

Tsk Tsk Tsk..

[ackthpt]

seems just a bit too late. they should donate to help feed some starving children not starving platforms.

How do you know they aren't planning this as some method of helping bring an end to wars? If they get the pentagon buying Itanium equipped missiles, just think what they could do!

AFGHANISTAN - YBN Today it was confirmed that Osama Bin-laden was killed as a Cruise Missile, manufactured by Strongbad Industries asploded near his hideout. The Cruise Missile was equipped with an HP computer guidance system which employed an Intel Itanium processor. The missile missed the target, but Mr. Bin-laden was struck in the head by the processor's heatsink and died later from the injury.

In other news .. flogging a dead horse..

[flyingace]

In other news .. flogging a dead horse, to cost 10 billion dollars.

Re:Let me get this straight

[ceeam]

To rephrase what somebody else wrote here:

1) Profit!
2) ???
3) Itanium.

You know...

[Stan Vassilev]

there's a typo: Intel and HP commit 10 billion to booze and women, that's the title, I have no idea what this "Itanium" thing is and where it came from.

Re:Last Gasp for Big Iron?

[Fred_A]

Just re-emerge them in 64 bit, duh!