Keep in mind that Power and SPARC have very different sales patterns. SPARC sales tend to be evenly distributed throughput the year while Power has a big jump every Q4. In 1Q06 and 2Q06 Power and SPARC server sales were very close in revenue at around $1.5B and $1.7B respectively while IPF was $650m and $750m. Q4 sales are always very favourable to Power, typically 60-65% higher than the other three quarters (individually).
IDC reported 2006 IPF sales as $3.4B so about 59% of annual sales came in the second half, a fairly typical revenue distribution for IPF. FWIW IDC predicted 2007 IPF server sales as $4.2B, 75% of its 2007 prediction for SPARC.
Worldwide, Itanium-based systems revenue is currently 58.6 and 57 percent of SPARC and Power systems revenue, respectively. This is more than a 30 percent increase compared to the same period in 2006.
Wasn't it Mark Twain who said "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"?
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42486 Despite all the brickbats, ‘Itanic’ jokes and reminders of the spectacularly wrong analyst predictions, Itanium is still growing pretty quickly with 40 per cent higher volumes in Q2 than the year-ago total.
I wonder if intel can use ole Mark's quote in Itanium advertising? :-)
As strange as it might seem , Sparc is on a comeback.
What's strange about that, I have been saying it for years and against the commonly held Internet myth beliefs promoted by DeMone/chipguy and his cronies. US-IV+, Sparc64 VI, Niagara 1/2, it wasn't too difficult to work it out in advance if you didn't have an axe to grind ;-).
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