Itanium (Montvale & Montecito) beset by yield problems

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Intel's Montecito, Montvale beset by very hard times
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26519

Any bets as to how much longer before Intel finally sticks a fork in
the thing? I have to wonder how long even HP is going to hold on to
this dream. I found a bit of an interesting little quote about HP and
Itanium in a recent news article:

"Itanium hasn't yet reached heir-apparent status by most estimates.
HP--the server maker that has pushed the chip most aggressively--sold
$287 million in Itanium-based Unix servers in the second quarter of
2005, compared with $778 million in the PA-RISC-based Unix servers
they're intended to replace, according to Gartner figures."

http://news.com.com/Itanium+allies+to+pool+development+efforts/2100-1006_3-5844877.html


Kinda sad when an architecture that has seen virtually zero
development in 10 years is still outselling the supposed latest and
greatest by nearly 3:1.
 
In my line of work, I get to see and compare what other people are
buying. I have not yet seen one group using HP-UX on anything other
than PA-RISC yet. I know for a fact that a lot of people are waiting
to see somebody (else) use HP-UX on Itanium, so that they could go over
to their place and check it out.

YOusuf Khan
 
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