Abstract
When Intel and HP first announced plans for Itanium, the chip appeared likely
to reshape the entire microprocessor industry. But after continual Intel
delays and missteps, it is questionable whether the processor can ever
establish a position beyond the niche that Hewlett-Packard has worked so
tirelessly to create- especially now that AMD has effectively trumped Intel' s
mainstream Xeon processor and forced Intel to focus on salvaging its Xeon
business.
This report profiles the strengths, limitations and prospects of Itanium
relative to competitive offerings and assesses whether HP and the rest of the
Itanium ecosystem can muster sufficient momentum to compensate for Intel' s
errors.
Read this Report to Learn:
- The forces that will shape Itanium' s future in its two-front war against
Power and SPARC at the high end and against Xeon, Opteron and the wild card
"scale-out" computing trend at the low end;
- The depth of HP' s multi-faceted commitment to Itanium and the more
tentative support of other key system and software partners; and
- The five "steady-state" scenarios for Itanium' s future and the breakaway
scenario that Intel appears to be secretly following.
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