“Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) senior vice president Sean Maloney,
in a keynote address at LinuxWorld in San Jose, demonstrated how
Intel’s advanced Merced processor — otherwise known as the IA-64
— would work running on Linux in order to advance cost-effective
and powerful solutions available to companies engaged in
e-commerce.”
“We are working hard with the IA-64 — we think of it as the
future engine for e-commerce,” said Maloney, who was joined on
stage by Intel chairman Andrew Grove. The Linux-based IA-64
simulator used for the demo — which utilized an Apache Web server
— was jointly developed by The Trillian Project, a consortium
composed of Cygnus, HP, IBM, Intel, SGI and VA Linux Systems.”
“According to Intel, these companies are working together to
develop a Linux port to IA-64 so that it can be made available to
the open-source software community. “Intel expects the IA-64 port
to be available when the first Merced servers and workstations
begin shipping in the second half of 2000.”