AMD strictly moderated (AMD)

[jhalada]

chipguy,

I didn't mean IPF was going to push into the sub-$5k segment
but rather major IT users will consolidate some its compute
needs away from fleets of low end servers to fewer larger
servers using virtualization and partitioning. This can reduce
support costs and improve flexibility and security and lead to
overall lower IT costs.

No, the main idea is to retire fleets of old underpowered machines, running oddball legacy apps. All those servers are running x86 software, so Itanium does not qualify.

Good try though. Somewhere along the lines of retaking Baghdad airport.

Joe