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 Itanium 2 processor marks a significant step in Intel's strategy to penetrate the upper echelons of the computing market. But analysts and others are asking whether it will thrive in the current ...

Itanium 2, Intel's upcoming chip for high-end servers and workstations, has slimmed down. The final version of the chip, which goes on sale in a few weeks, will have a surface area of 421 square ...

Intel Corp.’s 64-bit Itanium processors may ultimately replace their RISC counterparts as the technology of choice for high-end commercial server hardware. But don’t look for that to happen anytime ...

Intel recently released some SPEC benchmarks of Itanium 2, and to many people's surprise they're not too shabby. In fact, let me make a statement that I'll qualify immediately afterwards: these ...

Dell last week announced the four-processor, Itanium-based PowerEdge 7250, the second Itanium 2-based server Dell has introduced. The 7250 uses Intel’s Itanium 2 processor to support ...

Intel Corp. today officially launched its long-trumpeted Itanium 2 next-generation 64-bit server and workstation processor with a hefty $1,338 to $4,226 price tag. Coinciding with Intel's chip ...

Dell has been the only major OEM who sells servers and workstations to cast suspicion on the prospects of Itanium 2. Indeed, Dell's brief foray into the world of the original Itanium was largely a ...

Intel says its new Itanium 2 server chip will live up to its name by providing twice the performance of the current Itanium. The company on Wednesday released test results for its prototype Itanium 2 ...

Intel officially introduced its Itanium 2 Processor 9000 “Montecito” family of high performance computing (HPC) server processors at an event in Santa Clara, Calif., this week, claiming greater cost ...