“Several vendors are displaying early versions of Intel’s
first 64-bit processor, Itanium, at LinuxWorld this week.“
“NEC, Intel and Silicon Graphics are showing off the chip, whose
launch was recently delayed by a quarter due to testing problems.
Itanium, the first chip based on the IA-64 platform, is to compete
against high-end server chips such as the Alpha from Compaq. The
demonstrations provide a rare glimpse of the processor in action,
and will be repeated at the upcoming Intel Developer Forum.”
“NEC demonstrated Itanium running a prototype 16-processor
system called AzusA with the TurboLinux operating system,
calculating a Mandelbrot set derivation.”