The chipmaker will release new products later this year that let computer makers build servers with as many as eight Itanium 2 processors. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

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 upcoming release of its Itanium 2 chip will mark a new phase in the battle for corporate server farms, pitting Intel against incumbent Sun Microsystems Inc. in what could prove to be the ...

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 ...

The company contends that the three newly announced Itanium 2 processors, formerly code-named Madison, are poised to penetrate the data-center space long-dominated by systems based on RISC processors ...

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 ...

Intel is working with Itanium 2 server vendors on a bug that has surfaced in the McKinley version of its Itanium processor family, an Intel spokeswoman said Monday. Intel is working with Itanium 2 ...

Intel Corp. is looking to the industry's entrenched OEM base to give its Itanium 2 processor an early leg up in the high-end enterprise server market. But by doing so, some systems makers are putting ...

Intel launched its “Montecito” dual-core Itanium chip on Tuesday, in an effort to improve its third-place position in the high-end server market. The Dual-Core Itanium 2 design is the first to bring ...

Intel Corp. yesterday delivered updated Itanium 2 processors with larger memory caches that are aimed, in part, at high-volume data warehouse transaction markets that have long been the domain of RISC ...

Intel will release new products later this year that let computer makers build servers with as many as eight Itanium 2 processors--and more if the manufacturers add their own improvements. The Intel ...

In an effort to improve its third-place position in the high-end server market, Intel launched its “Montecito” dual-core Itanium chip on Tuesday. The Dual-Core Itanium 2 design is the first to bring ...