[Fwd: Intel is finally shipping the 64-bit Itanium]

W Bauske wsb at paralleldata.com
Wed May 30 13:00:09 PDT 2001


"Douglas M. Shubert" wrote:
>
> looks like Intel is benching the Itanium to the UltraSparc II.
> http://www.intel.com/eBusiness/products/ia64/overview/bm012101.htm
>

That SPECfp2000 of 711 is king of the hill at the moment it appears.

The SPECint2000 is a tad slow at 404.

I suspect the prices won't be palatable though.

Wes




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