Are Intel's main processor rivals in the high-end market, Sun and IBM, right to argue buyers should be wary of Itanium 2? There are four reasons why the 64bit Itanium 2 processor will make a ...

Following the release of the server this month, Microsoft will ship two 64-bit versions of Windows.NET and an updated Windows XP client for Itanium 2. Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition 1.2 ...

The pace and scale of Itanium 2 adoption among firms will largely depend on the availability of suitable 64bit applications Firms considering investment in workstations and servers using Intel's ...

Montecito will fill a crucial hole in Intel's processor lineup, because it will bring the company's Itanium 2 architecture into the dual-core fold. Itanium 2 is intended for use in ultra-high ...

In a strange twist of fate, the depreciated Itanium IA-64 architecture is getting a new lease on life, at least sort of. Phoronix reports that the upcoming GCC 15 compiler for Linux will support ...

As for the other changes in GCC 15 that we have looked at, Xeon Phi "Larabee" support is still going, but Itanium support is ...