LinuxPlanet: Penguin Wooed By Platform Vendors

“At LinuxWorld last week, 64-bit Linux was big news. OEMs
ranging from IBM, HP and SGI to lesser known names such as Newisys
unveiled hardware systems based on Intel Itanium or AMD Opteron
chip sets.

“Although 64-bit support is still forthcoming from most large
ISVs, some smaller software vendors used the LinuxWorld stage to
throw their hats into the ring. Meanwhile, AMD talked up Opteron’s
dual-mode 64- and 32-bit support as a useful interim measure for
ISVs and customers alike.

“SGI announced plans for a 128-processor edition of Altix 3000,
a Linux-based high-end server rolled out earlier this year on
64-bit Itanium processors. Altix 3000 currently runs a custom
version of Linux. The 128-processor system is due out this
spring.

“HP and IBM each unveiled pre-integrated Linux clusters for
64-bit systems. The HPclusters run on HP’s 64-bit Itanium platform,
whereas the clusters rolled out by IBM last week operate on AMD’s
64-bit Opteron. Also at LinuxWorld, Newisys showed its new
Opteron-based 4300 Enterprise-Class Server…”

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