Dell dumps Intel's Itanium

Posted on Sunday, September 18 2005 @ 15:02 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Wall Street Journal reports Dell has ditched Intel's Itanium server processor because customers don't seem to want them. Dell will instead focus on Xeon processors with 64-bit technology, according to the newspaper.

Still, Intel claims there's still a solid market for the Itanium and 70 firms make computers using the ill-starred flagship.

More info at The Inquirer

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