[ Thanks to Con
Zymaris for this link. ]
“During a LinuxWorld keynote here Tuesday, former Intel Chairman
and CEO Andrew Grove made a surprise appearance and showed off what
he claimed was the first public, albeit brief, demonstration of the
much-anticipated IA-64 processor running the kernel expected to be
used in a version of Linux designed for the forthcoming chip.”
“The kernel, the first fruit of a consortium of companies
code-named the Trillian Project, was used to show a very simple Web
transaction. The consortium, led by Linux developer V.A.Linux
Research, also includes technical contributions from Intel,
Hewlett-Packard, SGI, Cygnus, and officially as of Monday,
IBM.”
“Grove said he expects that the IA-64, not expected to be
delivered until late next year, will be primarily designed to power
many larger corporations compute-intensive, mission-critical
electronic-commerce applications. He said, however, that the first
early samples of the 64-bit chip could be available “in the next
few weeks.”