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by throwaway2048 10y ago

https://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 10y ago
No, 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 10y 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 10y ago
  They planned to keep x86 as 32-bit which means gradual phase out (complemented by x86 emulation on Itanium).