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

[Tim Carlson]

On Wed, 30 May 2001, W Bauske wrote:

> "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.

Check http://www.hp.com/workstations/products/itanium/i2000/summary.html
for pricing of the machine used in the above test.

With a Dell Precision 530 workstation at 1.7Ghz giving specfp2000 of 593
and specint2000 of 575 for half the price... Why would you want to waste
money on Itanium boxes in a cluster configuration?

Tim

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