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Which is right for you - Itanium® 2 or x86 Architecture?
White Papers With the growing market success of Itanium® 2-based solutions and the integration of 64-bit extensions into x86-based processors, organizations now have a choice of two widely supported, industry-standard, 64-bit architectures.
[January 25, 2007, 11:16]
Itanium 2 glitch can be avoided - by going slow
News The recent problem discovered in Intel's Itanium 2 processor can be avoided, but only by forcing the chip to run at a lower speed The glitch is a circuitry problem that can cause computers with either the 900MHz or 1GHz Itanium 2 processors to...
[May 13, 2003, 16:18]
Itanium 2: Pricing is key
News Where it comes to Itanium 2, Intel's new high-end server processor, the chipmaker spends a lot of time emphasising the chip's performance. But the company and its partners are hoping that Itanium 2's secret weapon will be its low price.
[July 8, 2002, 14:19]
Itanium 2 partners: Ready, steady...wait?
News Microsoft, Unisys, several Linux developers and a host of other high-tech companies pledged their allegiance to Intel's Itanium 2 processor this week but generally acknowledged that their products for the processor won't roll out overnight.
[July 9, 2002, 8:14]
Itanium 2 gets MySQL software
News The company updated the MySQL 4.0 software with the ability to run on the HP-UX 11i Unix operating system and Linux on servers equipped with Intel's 64-bit Itanium 2 processor. MySQL also said that its MySQL 4.1 -- the current version of the...
[January 6, 2004, 16:40]
Itanium 2: Second time lucky?
News Itanium 2 launches on Monday, 8 July, marking the official beginning of Intel's second foray into the lucrative market for high-end servers, after a lack of strong interest in its predecessor. Wed 16 Jan: Servers and workstations based on McKinley...
[July 8, 2002, 11:36]
Itanium 2 shrinks to fit
News Itanium 2, Intel's upcoming chip for high-end servers and workstations, has slimmed down. Itanium 2, which once went by the code-name McKinley, is perhaps Intel's most crucial product release this year.
[June 12, 2002, 14:03]
Itanium 2-Based Solutions and the x86 Architecture: Optimizing IT Value by Mixing and Matching Industry-Standard Server Platforms
White Papers With the growing market success of Itanium 2-based solutions and the integration of 64-bit extensions into x86-based processors, organizations now have a choice of two widely supported, industry-standard, 64-bit architectures.
[November 7, 2007, 0:00]
Itanium 2 to lift off at two speeds
News Intel's upcoming Itanium 2 processor will come out at 900MHz and 1GHz, according to sources, and cost about the same as existing Itanium chips. Current Itanium processors sell for between $1,177 and $4,227.
[July 3, 2002, 7:52]
Itanium 2 on the way, but will it sell?
News The Itanium 2 processor marks a significant step in Intel's strategy to penetrate the upper echelons of the computing market. On the other hand, Dell is still debating whether to release Itanium 2 machines, while Microsoft has yet to release a...
[July 8, 2002, 13:36]
Intel debuts low-cost Itanium 2 chips
News Intel on Monday is to launch two new Itanium 2 chips, including an energy-efficient chip for blade servers and workstations that is priced to reach a mass market. If they begin using (dual-processor) Itanium 2 processors, they may end up deploying...
[September 8, 2003, 8:40]
New Fujitsu High-End Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2-Based PRIMEQUEST Servers Offer the Utmost in High Availability
White Papers Fujitsu's recently announced PRIMEQUEST Series 500 mission-critical enterprise servers based on Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 processor (Montecito) are available in three models: the 520 (8 CPUs/16 cores), the 540 (16 CPUs/32 cores), and the 580 (32...
[August 26, 2006, 1:00]
Intel warns of Itanium 2 electrical glitch
News Intel disclosed an electrical problem in its flagship Itanium 2 processor on Monday that can cause computers using the chip to behave erratically or crash. Still, the problem is a black eye for Intel, which has been positioning its Itanium line to...
[May 13, 2003, 7:48]
Intel to make Itanium 2 servers
News Intel will manufacture complete servers and other components based on its upcoming Itanium 2 processor as a way to smooth acceptance in the market for the server chip. The upcoming product family, code-named Tiger, will include motherboards...
[June 18, 2002, 9:07]
Dell to produce Itanium 2 computers
News Despite being one of the more visible sceptics regarding Intel's Itanium chip family, Dell Computer will incorporate the Itanium 2 chip into future high-powered computers, a Dell executive said on Tuesday.
[November 20, 2002, 7:23]
HP touts advantages of Itanium 2
News Hewlett-Packard formally detailed its plans for the Itanium 2 processor on Monday, a key step in HP's strategy to take on IBM and Sun. HP, which co-designed the chip, announced a wide variety of Itanium 2 products, including lower-end two- and four...
[July 9, 2002, 11:01]
Understanding the Reliability Advantage of Intel Itanium 2 Servers
White Papers Intel Itanium 2 Servers have an architecture that was built from the ground up to address the needs for mission critical and large scale computing with comprehensive Reliability Availability Serviceability (RAS) functionality.
[November 4, 2006, 0:00]
Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 Processor, SQL Server 2005 Yield 8X Speedup for Microsoft
White Papers In August, 2005, the group deployed an 11-dimension Volume License Pricing and Sales data warehouse cube based on a pre-release version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and running on a four-way, 64-bit Intel Itanium 2 processor-based server.
[March 2, 2009, 21:29]
New Fujitsu High-End Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2-Based PRIMEQUEST Servers Continue Industry-Leading System Management
White Papers Fujitsu announced three new mission-critical enterprise servers based on Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 processor (Montecito). PRIMEQUEST Models 520 (8 CPUs, 16 cores), 540 (16 CPUs, 32 cores), and 580 (32 CPUs, 64 cores) run both the Linux and Windows...
[August 26, 2006, 1:00]
IBM Itanium 2 servers coming by early 2003
News IBM will debut its first homegrown Itanium 2 servers by the first quarter of 2003, an important step in the years-long arrival of the high-end Intel chip family. IBM has some final testing to work on a version of the x440 server that uses four...
[October 3, 2002, 7:27]
