Intel Bites the Bullet: Xeon Gets 64-Bit Support
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The conspiracy theorists are not always wrong. The future Xeon workstation and server processors from Intel that are based on the new "Prescott" core that was announced a few weeks ago do indeed have 64-bit memory extensions in them. With the launch of 64-bit Xeons, which will roll out in the next several months, server strategies based on Itanium and Opteron are put into a new light, if not called directly into question. READ MORE >

Intel Draws More Lines on Xeon, Itanium Roadmaps
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The beginning of Intel Developer Forum is always about the big ideas that set the themes for the show and generally chart the course for where Intel wants to take the IT industry (or where Intel think the IT industry is going to take it). Day two is about the giving a little more detail--but just enough to whet the appetite. And last week Mike Fister, general manager of Intel's Enterprise Platforms Group, said just enough about its Xeon and Itanium processor plans for the next two years to make its systems partners hungry without telling them everything that is on the menu. READ MORE >

Server Makers Swear Fealty to Intel's Xeon, Itanium Plans
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Three out of four is a pretty good average in most games, and so it is with Intel and the tier-one server vendors. Last week, at Intel Developer Forum, three of the top four server makers--Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and IBM--all took to the stage and with varying degrees of enthusiasm and lots of marketing speak endorsed both the future 64-bit enabled Xeon and the Itanium components that Intel will deliver over the next two years. READ MORE >

AMD Keeps the Heat on Intel with Low-Power Opterons
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Advanced Micro Devices announced last week that it was extending its 64-bit Opteron workstation and server chips with two new low-power variants. The Opteron HE processors consume around 55 watts of power and the Opteron EE processors consume about 30 watts of power. While this does not allow these chips to be used in fanless environments, this does make them appropriate in places where Intel Corp is currently deploying its "Prestonia" Xeon DP processors, mainly in workstations, blade servers, and small form factor rack-mounted servers. READ MORE >

Mad Dog 21/21: A Lion in the Sand
by Hesh Weiner

In November 2001, a team of French archeologists found the bones of a mummified lion in the Egyptian tomb of Maia, who had been the wet nurse of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, popularly known as King Tut. They believe the big cat was interred along with the little nurse about 1430 B.C. At first, they didn't let the cat out of the bag. But shortly after New Year's Day, at almost the precise moment Microsoft announced it was going to preserve support for Windows 98 for far longer than previously declared, the Egyptologists published their discovery in Nature. READ MORE >

Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >

Hewlett-Packard
Unisys/Microsoft
Acucorp
Stalker Software
Winternals Software