In a strange twist of fate, the depreciated Itanium IA-64 architecture is getting a new lease on life, at least sort of.
"We know we had a few delays over the years, but it's better to get this stuff right," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president of the Intel Architecture Group, introducing five new Itanium processors ...
The Oracle filing seeks to delay the start of the trial, now set for Feb. 27, 2012, because the assertion that HP is paying Intel to keep producing Itanium "makes clear that the scope of this case ...