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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/27/2011 5:30 AM, JKB wrote:
> 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.

Redhat and some others represent a very big chunk of the Linux market
that are paying for software.

Arne