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Intel's fabled Itanium refuses to die, but the end is probably near — deprecation of IA-64 support is back on the chopping block in GCC version 16

After a revival last year, support for Intel's Itanium IA-64 architecture is back on the chopping block for the Linux GNU Compiler Collection version 16 (GCC 16). Phoronix reports that Linux ...

GCC 15 is close: COBOL and Itanium are in, but ALGOL is out

Steering Committee decides against merge of over-complex and largely unloved ALGOL-68 'at this point' Version 15 of the GNU ...
ZDNet

Oracle on Intel Itanium: HP misleading customers

Oracle issued another statement in the war of words over the future of Intel's Itanium chip. In this installment of the Itanium saga, Oracle responds to HP's response about Larry Ellison & Co.
ZDNet

NEC customer finds Itanium 2 glitch

An NEC customer uncovered the Itanium 2 glitch that Intel announced on Monday. NEC brought the matter to Intel's attention, said Mike Mitsch, senior director of server solutions for NEC America. The ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft unveils focus for Longhorn Itanium

Microsoft on Friday dribbled out new details of its next Windows Server operating system (OS) release, revealing that the Itanium version would be optimized for three specific workloads — database, ...