Sound the fanfare? Could Intel's long-anticipated Itanium be an IT cost saviour? This week will see the long-awaited arrival of Intel's 64-bit Itanium chip, which could eventually lead to huge speed ...

It didn't turn out that way. However, Itanium 2, which is the second generation of Intel's Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) architecture, has re-emerged as a healthy competitor in the ...

Intel Corp. pulled back the curtain Tuesday on its long-awaited Itanium processor, promising a new wave of competition in the server and workstation markets which eventually could result in lower ...

Among the several slightly awesome problems faced by Carly Fiorina, chief architect of the $US19 billion ($A35 billion) merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq and chief ...

The move from 32 bits to 64 bits won't be easy -- and without backward-compatibility, you're really stuck I remember when Windows moved from 16-bit computing to 32 bits. I had one client who kept ...

Huawei and Inspur plan to sell Itanium-based servers, taking the total number of vendors for the platform up to three. The two Chinese companies will become Itanium original equipment manufacturers ...

Intel plans to improve the speed of the front-side bus on its high-end Itanium 2 processor next week, in preparation for the launch of its first dual-core Itanium processors, according to sources ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Itanium, the 64-bit family of high-end server processors from Intel, will soon be a distant memory in ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard Co. here today released performance results from a system, based on Intel Corp.'s new 64-bit microprocessor line, dubbed the Itanium 2. Paul Otellini, Intel ...

Intel on Tuesday said it has started shipping its new Itanium processor codenamed Tukwila, after multiple delays and development problems stalled its release for years. Itanium chips are 64-bit ...