Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Elmer, Otellini did not say 100K sold
It only said shipped. That includes samples which we all know has been rather significant. Heck, almost all of the first 3000 shipped originally were given away for free like the 2000 Intel gave IBM for a supercomputer. Otellini is trying to make people think that other businesses are migrating to Itanium, when in fact most are not. This is just another piece of propaganda from Intel. I have seen none of the research groups validate Otellini's statement so it's nothing to crow or laugh about. You should know this by the wording alone, but you choose to hype anything that sounds good for Intel. To me this is just another meaningless statement from Intel. There is no proof to show Intel has actually sold 100K Itaniums.