Intel is accustomed to receiving torrents of brickbats concerning its 64bit Itanium processor ... been knocking around by reputation under the Merced codename since late in 1996 and even before ...

In a strange twist of fate, the depreciated Itanium IA-64 architecture is getting a new lease on life, at least sort of.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is to shun the early versions of Intel's Merced because it claims its own PA-Risc proprietary processors will give better performance. At HP World in August, the company's ...

Intel has quietly changed its roadmap for the next version of its Itanium processor, code named Kittson, throwing into doubt the future of Hewlett-Packard's Integrity and Superdome server lines.

8220;Intel’s work on Intel Itanium processors and platforms continues unabated with multiple generations of chips currently in development and on schedule,” Paul Otellini, president ...