Re: Intel Moves Towards Itanium and Xeon Convergence

n.rieck@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Intel Moves Towards Itanium and Xeon Convergence

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6236


The CSI was announced back in 2004 (or early 2005). (Common system chipset that will allow the 8086 to scale to same size as IA64).

Note that HP apparently intends to continue to use its own proprietary system chipsets, so it is not clear how this will play out within HP.

Also, if the dates quoted in this article are correct, it means that Intel is ahead of its delayed schedule. Last I have heard, the 8086 was to get that CSI in 2008 and that IA64 thing would get CSI with Tukwilla late 2009.

(Back in 2004 when the announcement was made, both were to get the CSI at the same time in 2007).

What is significant here is that the 8086 will get the same system level features as IA64. (Remember that RAS argument made by the HP rep who tried to find one reason for IA64, well by that time, RAS won't be a differentiating factor even to marketers)
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