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In what way did Itanium not work out? It isn't in every PC sold, but it was never intended to be. It was intended to replace Sparc/power/alpha. While they di
by tw04 11y ago
In what way did Itanium not work out? It isn't in every PC sold, but it was never intended to be. It was intended to replace Sparc/power/alpha. While they didn't get Sun or IBM on board, they did get HP, and the chip is profitable. It's not going to drive the future of the company, but it's not like they didn't make money on the investment... it turned it's first profit 7 years ago and has been making money for them since.
- throwaway2048 11y agohttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itanium_Sales_Forecasts_edit.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itanium_Sales_Foreca... It was intended to be the x86 sucessor.
- tw04 11y agoNo, it was intended to be the "Big Iron" CPU replacement. They never had any intention of bringing it to the desktop which is why they delayed as long as they did in x64. They wanted 64-bit to be a long-term differentiator between server class and desktop class CPUs. Hence the forecast being Servers sold a year...
- guard-of-terra 11y ago"No, it was intended to be the "Big Iron" CPU replacement" All the computer press was pretty sure it would replace x86. Microsoft released Windows port for Itanium, which was unseen of them.
- zurn 11y agoThey planned to keep x86 as 32-bit which means gradual phase out (complemented by x86 emulation on Itanium).