IBM Rolls-Out Chipset to Support x86-64 Xeon Chips, Plans to Cancel Itanium Servers
 

IBM introduced this week its new core-logic – eServer X3 architecture named Hurricane – for the Intel Xeon processors with x86-64 technology as well as the forthcoming dual-core microprocessors. But unlike the previous generations of IBM’s chipsets for Intel-based servers, the X3 does not support Intel’s Itanium and Itanium 2 processors, which could mean that IBM is reducing support of the IA64 platform. Some even believe the Big Blue is planning to reject the Itanium processors from future servers

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