Microsoft will support only x86 processors with 64-bit extensions when it releases a special version of Windows Server for high performance computing next year, leaving support for Intel’s Itanium 2 ...

Microsoft said it is ending its development support for the Intel Itanium processor after Windows Server 2008 R2, a move which its partners said results from the low incidence of Windows users using ...

Microsoft is ending its support for Intel’s Itanium processor with the current version of its Windows Server OS, according to a Microsoft blog posting Friday. “Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last ...

Even Intel can’t dictate the future. In a blog post on Friday, a Microsoft employee explained Microsoft’s plan to phase out support for Intel’s 64-bit Itanium CPU in favor of a 64-bit version of the ...

If anyone has a mission critical on Linux/Itanium, I really want to know why! HPUX and VMS I understand, since there hasn't been a viable alternative in years. VMS customers at least have a path to ...