BAD HARDWARE WEEK

The launch of Intel's dual-core Itanium 2 processors, dubbed "Montecito," is now set to happen in the week of Computex, which will take place in Taipei June 6-10, according to sources. Intel expects the new dual-core CPUs, with mass production slated for July.
Company CEO Paul Otellini said at the Fall 2004 IDF (Intel Developer Forum) that the Montecito, Intel's first dual-core processor for Itanium 2-based servers, would be available in the third quarter of 2005.
Thus, we have once again yet another one year delay ! After X86 dual cores in the majority of delivered computers this year, how someone might have leading server with dual core Itanium, with average selling price of $3000+ per chip? Instead, we have only one word:
Opteron.
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