SCUMbria - re: "Merced has been out there for years, and no product. "
Well, some people expect big things from Merced/IA64 in the years to come.
biz.yahoo.com
Monday February 12, 7:04 am Eastern Time
Press Release
Itanium Architecture to Command 42% of Server Revenue by 2005
Aberdeen Report Analyzes Deployment of Intel's 64-bit Itanium Architecture
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2001--In a report released today, Aberdeen Group, a leading provider of technology market consulting and research, states that Intel's Itanium architecture will be the foundation for 42% of all worldwide server revenue by 2005. Systems based on the Itanium architecture will be broadly deployed starting in the first half of 2002 and will span a wide range of operating systems -- including 64-bit Windows, IA-64 Linux, HP/UX, and AIX 5L -- and application environments.
``Intel must successfully roll out a replacement for its IA-32 architecture in order to remain an industry leader,'' says report author Gordon Haff. ``Database, business intelligence, and technical/scientific applications increasingly require a high-performance, balanced 64-bit architecture, but buyers also have expectations of the lower pricing that the widespread adoption of Intel processors has driven in the past.''
Intel's deployment of the Itanium architecture is more complex than megahertz and chip shipment dates. The market adoption of Itanium will be determined by the successful interplay between processor-centric details and Itanium's complex multi-vendor ecosystem of interdependent hardware, software, and services.
The report, entitled ``Evolving Itanium into the Enterprise,'' offers an analysis of key business and technical dynamics and uses primary market research to forecast the overall growth rate for Itanium-processor-based servers by operating system environment.
Profiled suppliers are Compaq Computer Corporation; Dell Computer Corporation; Fujitsu Limited; Groupe Bull; Hewlett-Packard Company; Hitachi, Ltd.; Intel Corporation; International Business Machines (IBM); Microsoft Corporation; MigraTEC, Inc.; NEC Computers, Inc.; Phoenix Technologies Ltd.; SGI; Unisys Corporation; and VA Linux Systems.
For more information about ``Evolving Itanium into the Enterprise,'' visit www.aberdeen.com or call (800) 577-7891.
About Aberdeen
Aberdeen Group is a leading provider of technology market consulting and research. Steeped in technology and armed with end-user field research, Aberdeen answers clients' critical business and technology questions in the context of the Internet economy and across the product life cycle. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and has research centers in Palo Alto, California; Ft. Collins, Colorado; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Aberdeen is located on the Web at www.aberdeen.com.
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