HP Terminates Itanium Workstations

vincecate writes "The largest Itanium system maker, HP, has terminated its Itanium workstations. It seems their workstation customers have spoken in favor of x64. In related news, Intel expects to ship over 100,000 Itaniums in all of 2004 while AMD is estimating 1.5 to 2 million AMD64 chips in Q4."

The good news

[raider_red]

I've heard that HP actually sold both of the Itaniums they had in inventory, so there shouldn't be too much to write off.

x64?

[suso]

Isn't x64 the program that runs the VICE C64 emulator? ;-)

Top 10

[AKAImBatman]

Top 10 Itanic jokes:

10. HP decided that they didn't want to go down with the Itanic
9. Hear that flushing sound? That's billions of dollars being invested into a lemon.
8. HP must of realized it was a 64-bit Pinto.
7. HP's just upset that they didn't get to sit on the bow and yell, "I'm the King of Computers!"
6. HP's Itanic line is sunk.
5. "The Itanic is the most advanced chip of her kind. She's practically unsinkable!"
4. HP didn't want to be compared to Leonardo Di Caprio
3. HP Execs suddenly realized that Di Caprio dies in the end
2. Intel assured HP that the Itanic was not sinking, despite being hit by a AMDBerg
1. "My clock wiiilllll, count on and on!"

Sorry, I just couldn't resist. :-D

Re:hp server

[essreenim]

Yeah, I buy all my servers from lizard man.
He doesn't provide 24/7 technical support but he will harass your family for free.

How the times change...

[Kazymyr]

I remember 5 or 6 years ago the new 64-bit chips from Intel were "hot" with everyone talking about them, and also supposedly right around the corner in terms of schedule. AMD surely stole their thunder on this.

O tempora...

Re:Top 10

[KingKire64]

Horrible, simply horrible.

Eck

All together now...

[Delusional]

Competition is good for market economies. Monopolies suck.

What gives them the right?

[Anonymous Coward]

I bought my Itanium workstation fair and square. Now HP thinks it can terminate it? I guess I should have figured that this evil corporation would include back doors in their products that lets them terminate any system they want. What's next? Will Dodge remotely total my Neon?

This shows how big a problem proprietary closed lock-in has become. Well, I've got a message for HP: Bring it on! You can pry my workstation from m%#y co%@$(

Re:A victory for 32 bit backwards compatibility

[Rakshasa Taisab]

Yeah, pushsing for backward compatibility to a 32 bit CPU that is compatible with a 16 bit CPU with lots of weird modes is great. Really, it is.

Damn, and I just ordered IA-64 Linux dev. CD....

[necro2607]

Yeah.. I just ordered the IA-64 linux developer's kit CD [hp.com] from HP (for free) last week! Jeez..

Re:The good news

[Anonymous Coward]

When questioned about the termination, HP then asked about the location of one "Sarah Conner", and stated, "I'll be back..."

Re:A victory for 32 bit backwards compatibility

[Jeremy Erwin]

AMD deserves the win here for pushing 32 bit backwards compatibility

Backwards compatibility? Why? I mean you can just recompile, right?

Oh God. Please tell me you didn't go in for one of those closed source software packages....

Re:So, question for the crowd...

[captaineo]

They must have had some good reason not to have flushed this project years ago, right?

I think it's the sunk cost fallacy - "we've already spent $X billion on this, let's throw a few more billion at it until it works."

Re:How Ironic

[Rauser]

What else does HP make?

iPods... oh wait...

Re:How Ironic

[DAldredge]

This is what happens when you hire a medieval history major to be your CEO. Look up what Carly the Butchers degree is in.

Re:Top 10

[lcsjk]

I've seen ever one!

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Ouch!

[David Leppik]

HP, has terminated its Itanium workstations.

Wow. I didn't even know they included self-destruct hardware!