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

[JKB]

Le Fri, 27 May 2011 02:09:00 -0700 (PDT),
IanMiller <gxys at uk2.net> écrivait :
> On May 26, 11:57 pm, Wendell <wendel... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On May 26, 12:57 pm, "John Smith \(not the one @ HP\)"
>>
>> <a... at nonymous.com> wrote:
>> >http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/229700037?cid...
>>
>> > IBM's senior VP for Systems and Technology, in an interview.
>> > "I do believe there is a dead-end for Itanium."
>> > ....
>> > Intel disagrees:...
>>
>> Actually, it seems that some part of Intel does agree. I've noticed
>> that the Intel Fortran compiler no longer supports IA-64; version 11.1
>> was the last to do so.
>>
>> That surprised me and I'd like to hear the story behind it. As I
>> heard, scientific computation was the one area where Itanium's unique
>> architecture was put to effective use. If HPC was really a success
>> story for EPIC, I would expect Fortran compilers (especially from
>> Intel!) to target the IA-64 for as long as there were machines in use.
>
> Intel Fortran compiler for Windows and linux no longer supports IA-64
> - no surprise there as windows and linux dropping support for IA-64

	Linux kernel supports IA64. Only Redhat and some others refuse to support
	this processor.

	http://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/

	JKB

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