“SGI will demonstrate a cluster of Linux computers running
Intel’s new Itanium processors, the company said today….”
“Mountain View, California-based SGI, which sells servers and
workstations, is in the midst of a years-long transition to the
Itanium chips, formerly code-named Merced. Intel has built
prototypes, but Itanium computer systems aren’t expected until the
second half of 2000….”
“In addition to moving from Mips chips to Intel chips, SGI
is moving from the Irix operating system to Linux. The company
wants Linux to run on systems with hundreds of processors, and SGI
is contributing effort to the multicompany Trillian project to
achieve that goal.”