[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[JF Mezei]

Keith Parris wrote:

> October 2010, HP and Intel renegotiated their Itanium relationship by 
> way of an amendment to the ICA.

This was basically the stretching of the timeline for the original
contract. And it also took into account that with the delying of each
generation, they would need to update the promised specs to take into
consideration new FAB sizes and increased clock rates etc. (This is why
Poulson is coming out in a smaller mask than had originally been
planned, but the mask it is to use isn't even state of the art anymore).


> deep into the current decade, and ensure a foundation for continued 
> development of further generations of the Itanium microprocessor. 

The "further generations" refers to Tukwila, Poulson and Kittson.

A contract is a contract. It doesn't specify generations that are not
convered by the contract.


>Intel 
> has confirmed that this amendment enabled HP to have access to the 
> Itanium microprocessor through 2022

This is simply is stocking/wharehouse issue to make the parts available
until 2022.


> 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.

Kittson+ is not to be a new generation. It is a mere speedbump, like
EV7z was to EV7. Note: it uses the same name as Kittson, which would be
a dead gveaway that it is the same generation.  And like for EV7,
ittson+ is likely going to be a selection of chips from Kittson
production that are good enough to be fed higher clock rates.