Replies to post #3518 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

Itanium does seem to be a niche product. More than scientific work, though,
because HPQ is moving their customer base for workstations and non-stop
servers to Itanium

You seem to have a gigantic blind spot. HP is moving its big and lucrative
commercial application server family called Superdome to IPF.

[smoothh20]

Golds:
They'll support Opteron for the same reason.

Sorry, don't agree. I see no reason that IBM would need to support Opteron. I don't think they will bother.

Smooth