[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • May 12, 2001
    ``Intel will release the long-awaited--and oft-delayed--chip at the end of May, according to sources, and most computer companies plan to come out with their products around the same time.

    ``IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer and other large computer manufacturers will soon unveil two-, four- and even 16-processor computers containing the 64-bit Itanium chip for the first time.

    ``The chip, and computers containing it, will compete against more expensive Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) servers and workstations from Sun Microsystems, IBM and HP. Along with processors running at 800MHz and 733MHz, the Itanium boxes will tout such features as 32GB of memory--enough to store entire Web sites--and fairly large hard drives.

    ``While it's unclear how well these computers will perform in benchmark performance tests against the established RISC aristocracy, it appears that some Itanium computers could cost slightly less than earlier anticipated.''

    Full story:
    http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5896956.html

    Formerly dubbed ``Merced,'' this processor was delayed TWO YEARS beyond its initial release date. It should, however, cost less than 64-bit competitors Alpha, MIPS, UltraSPARC, etc., and a Linux port has been ready for some time.

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