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- Just Like Intel, Throw good money after bad...
- by fred dunn January 30, 2006 6:53 AM PST
- Time to concede that this was a bad idea. When this product was started there were no x86 64bit CPUs and Intel was going to make sure of that by not releasing an x86 64 bit CPU.
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(4 Comments)All of that changed when AMD released not only a desktop x86 64 bit CPU but also a very good server processor in that space too. Both of these architectures are backward compatible to the standard x86/32 bit standard, while Itanium is not.
Intel resisted (even though they initially had a project for a mixed 32/64 x86 compatible chip) and decided "what was best for us all" to drop their 32/64 bit x86 chip and make Itanium their only stake in the 64 bit arena.
Only when AMD started gaining market share did Intel give in and revive the mixed 32/64 bit x86 chips all the while letting AMD capture market share.
To make matters worse their Itanium time lines slipped and projects were/are not coming in on time.
This so much reminds me of the situation 3DFX found themselves in when their timelines slipped on their final product line. By the time they were released other far more capable products had been released essentially "leap-frogging" their new product line.
3DFX's mistakes cost them their company due to lack of long term capital. But don't worry about Intel they have the long term capital and will continue to use it to support the "Kings new clothes" or Itanium project to the very end.
What does it matter to them? Absolutely nothing since they will just make up all of those project costs by marking up the current products with a little Itanium surcharge.
Fred Dunn