Questions tagged [intel-itanium]

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Where are Intel Itanium chips used?

I think that all the Intel chips I've ever bought were IA-32 architecture. Are Intel Itaniums sold in desktops or laptops?
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Why did Intel drop the Itanium?

I was reading up on the history of the computer and I came along the IA-64 (Itanium) processors. They sounded really interesting and I was confused as to why Intel would decide to drop them. The ability to choose explicitly what 2 instructions you…
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Virtual Address Space limits in Windows NT: arbitrary for Itanium?

This MSDN article lists the virtual address space limits for current versions of Windows. I notice that for 32 bit systems the address space is divided into 2 GB user and 2 GB kernel, which makes sense. Likewise on amd64 systems the (presumably 44…
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Installation of Java is not working on Windows Server 2008 Itanium

When I try to install Java on Windows Server 2008, it gives me the error below. I tried to install JDK 1.5, JDK6 and JDK7 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Error message: The version of the file is not compatible with the version of windows you…
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What is the meaning of full-width link and half-width link in peripheral specifications of CPU/microprocessors?

I am studying the bus characteristics of microprocessors for a seminar that is part of a course of computing system foundations that I am taking at the university. I am studying Intel Itanium. In this website I found the following description (I am…
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Are ia64 processors ever used for Windows PCs? If so, how many people are using them?

How many people on average are using ia64 powered Windows desktop PCs? I know this really can't be accurate, but just on average, like 1? 10? 10000? Thanks -edit: wasn't thinking correctly: I didn't mean just desktop pcs, what i meant was computer…
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