[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Keith Parris]

On 8/4/2012 2:43 AM, John Wallace wrote:
> Meanwhile may I respectfully point out a couple of things: (1) the
> modern Inquirer can't really be regarded as a reliable source for
> "evidence", hopefully there is a more direct source you can quote

 From the court documents (HP Summary Motion, 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/86895474/HP-Summary-Motion)

3:15 "in March 2008 HP ... signed a written contract, called the Itanium 
Collaboration Agreement" (the "ICA") with Intel. ... the ICA committed 
the parties to a roadmap that extended out over three future generations 
of the Itanium processor -- code-named Tukwila, Poulson, and Kittson -- 
with each having enhanced performance and technological features. In 
October 2010, HP and Intel renegotiated their Itanium relationship by 
way of an amendment to the ICA. Through this amendment HP agreed to 
increase its investment, and the parties redefined the Itanium roadmap 
to ensure even greater performance and enhanced features for upcoming 
generations of Itanium -- a roadmap that will carry the Itanium line 
deep into the current decade, and ensure a foundation for continued 
development of further generations of the Itanium microprocessor. Intel 
has confirmed that this amendment enabled HP to have access to the 
Itanium microprocessor through 2022 and that HP "could extend it even 
longer." As Intel explained to customers in March 2011, it "firmly 
believe(s) that the Itanium platform provides a sound foundation for 
mission critical computing well through this coming decade," and it has 
already "start[ed] exploratory work for what comes after Kittson."

So the 2008 ICA covered Tukwila, Poulson, and Kittson, and the Oct. 2010 
Amendment went beyond Tukwila, Poulson, and Kittson to "ensure a 
foundation for continued development of _further generations_ of the 
Itanium microprocessor" [emphasis mine], and Intel has already started 
"work for what comes after Kittson." Kittson+ would thus be the first of 
the "further generations," and note the reference to "generations" is 
plural.