On 15/02/11 9:35 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > I believe Intel does not make them anymore.
Intel does manufacture them and they are the norm for many high-end HP and IBM servers that run Linux and HP/UX or AIX as of today. And yes, its a true 64-bit platform, but portability or 32-bit compatibility does not matter much if it is going to run apps written on Java (and thats what these large-scale servers are mostly targetted to host). BTW, the Linux kernel team (from Intel, HP and IBM largely) still maintain the ia64 arch code. Of course, Itanium had a steep market fall in the initial days of launch - mainly due to non-availability of OS and applications, but now HP/UX, AIX and Linux being ported on this platform - they are selling pretty well for a niche high-end server-class market. > AMD Opteron? AMD Opteron is a good option (I remember playing with Sun blades - V20z) powered by Opteron. Their overall performance was good, but for intensive math computations (that my client required for their graphics simulation applications), it did not do as fast as their older HP Proliant server powered by Intel Itanium. But it did cost much lesser than servers running on IA64. But that was long time ago - I do not know much about the progress with AMD processors these days. > Have you done the same on an Intel based netbook? My HP mini (Atom > 230) spews warm air when I open up multiple FF tabs with Flash content > and a couple of other apps like OO word and spreadsheet. I have an Acer Timeline 4810T (thats powered by Intel Core2 Solo), Acer AspireONE ZG5 and Acer AspireONE 750 - both powered by Intel Atom processors. None of these have heating problems even when I push them to the edge. I'm particularly impressed with my Acer Timeline that remained just "warm" while clocking 100% CPU for about 8 hours stretch (while doing a complete automated Slackbuild). Even my Apple MacbookPro (powered by Intel Core2 Duo) does not run as hot as ASUS 1210T when run with full CPU usage for a long time. > [1] A mid priced mobo has crapped out on me 4 times within the last 10 > months. Luckily it is under a 3 year warranty but .... Intel's RMA > process is frustrating - you have to prove your innocence. I have > been asked to reflash the BIOS when I have told them that the board > has a display problem or does not POST! The average time interval > wasted is about 2-3 weeks. Again YMMV I guess that's the case with service and support for any product irrelevant to the brand/make. I faced a similar problem with my Gigabyte motherboard some 5 years back which was under warranty. They took one month to get the motherboard replaced. Recently (2 years back) Acer service center took 47 days to repair my Acer Timeline laptop that failed within 3 days of my purchase. I got my laptop back after a lot of running around and answering all kinds of stupid questions. The problem however was with the BIOS firmware (Insyde H2O BIOS) than with the actual hardware. Cheers, Chandrashekar. -- http://www.chandrashekar.info/ http://www.slashprog.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
