[Info-vax] Itanic is a dead end : IBM

[John Smith (not the one @ HP)]

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/229700037?cid=nl_IW_daily_2011-05-26_html

"As we spend time with clients there is a view that there is no roadmap 
beyond what's currently available," said Rod Adkins, IBM's senior VP for 
Systems and Technology, in an interview. "I do believe there is a dead-end 
for Itanium."

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Intel disagrees:
At lauch, Intel VP Kirk Skaugen insisted that, while the new Xeon does rival 
Itanium in some ways, future versions of Itanium will surpass the E7. 
"Itanium is on a two-year beat rate," said Skaugen. "Since Itanium is not on 
a tick-tock schedule, Xeon and Itanium will leap-frog each other."