A slew of major computing companies announced a new partnership on Monday to help speed the development and adoption of software for Itanium-based servers.
Oracle will expand its support for Hewlett-Packard's Itanium-based Unix servers, bringing a version of its E-Business Suite to market by the end of the year, the software giant said on Thursday.
In the newest of a series of moves to try to impart momentum to Intel's Itanium processor, allies backing the chip are funding work to improve a key programming tool.
Intel, Hewlett-Packard and seven other server companies will spend US$10 billion between now and 2010 to try and increase adoption of the Itanium processor.
Intel's forthcoming "Montecito" member of the Itanium processor family will consume 100 watts, a significant drop from the 130 watts of current models and an advantage in an era when power consumption is a top enemy.
Last week I had the chance to hear HP give their world view on why you should join them and Intel on Itanium for your next generation of servers.
The writing was on the wall for Dell and Itanium once Intel started aiming the processor at large multiprocessor systems.
The move to Itanium has meant a rocky road for Hewlett-Packard's high-end server group. But the man leading the company's transition to the Intel chip believes the worst potholes are in the rear-view mirror.
The wonderchip that wasn't serves as a lesson about how complex development plans can go awry in a fast-moving industry.
Intel won't ship a 4GHz version of the Pentium 4 until the first quarter of 2005, the latest in a series of delays for the chip-making giant.
A consortium of Linux vendors created to promote the commercial use of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution has released its first product, and plans more.
German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.
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