The processor marks a significant evolutionary step in Intel's strategy to penetrate the upper echelons of the computing market. But it's still a question whether it will survive the current economy.

The new processor will see a 50 percent increase in speed, a sign that the company's getting snappier at meeting development goals for its high-end chip family. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Even Intel can’t dictate the future. In a blog post on Friday, a Microsoft employee explained Microsoft’s plan to phase out support for Intel’s 64-bit Itanium CPU in favor of a 64-bit version of the ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

SAN FRANCISCO--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 ...

SGI might be building a new high-end Altix system powered by Intel’s upcoming “Nehalem EX” chips, but that doesn’t mean the company is abandoning Itanium, according to SGI CEO Mark Barrenechea. In a ...

Oracle did the right thing this week when it pledged to resume porting its software to Hewlett-Packard’s Itanium-based servers, but it should never have pulled that support from a critical platform as ...

Oracle's decision to stop development of its software for the Itanium platform is viewed by many in the industry as a chance to drive part of the shrinking Unix business to its Sun platform while ...

Microsoft will support only x86 processors with 64-bit extensions when it releases a special version of Windows Server for high performance computing next year, leaving support for Intel’s Itanium 2 ...

"We know we had a few delays over the years, but it's better to get this stuff right," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president of the Intel Architecture Group, introducing five new Itanium processors for ...

Hewlett-Packard may seek damages of US$4 billion to $4.2 billion from Oracle in its lawsuit over support for Itanium server architecture. An economist that HP plans to call in the case made the ...