Intel Itanium architecture

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Intel_Itanium_architecture
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:microprocessor
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:IA-64
gptkbp:architecture 64-bit
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:x86_instruction_set
gptkb:x86-64_instruction_set
gptkbp:competitor gptkb:AMD_Opteron
gptkb:IBM_POWER_architecture
gptkb:Intel_Xeon
gptkb:Sun_SPARC_architecture
gptkbp:designedFor high-end servers
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Intel
gptkb:Hewlett-Packard_(HP)
gptkbp:discontinued 2021
gptkbp:endianSupport big-endian
little-endian
gptkbp:firstReleased 2001
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Intel Itanium architecture
gptkbp:instructionSet gptkb:Explicitly_Parallel_Instruction_Computing_(EPIC)
gptkbp:lastProcessorReleased gptkb:Itanium_9700_series
gptkbp:lastProcessorReleaseDate 2017
gptkbp:limitation market failure
poor x86 emulation performance
limited software ecosystem
high development cost
gptkbp:marketedAs gptkb:Itanium
gptkbp:notableClient gptkb:Fujitsu
gptkb:SGI
gptkb:Hewlett-Packard_(HP)
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Itanium_2
gptkb:Itanium_9500
gptkb:Itanium_9300
gptkb:Itanium_9700
speculative execution
predication
software pipelining
bundle-based instruction encoding
large register files
EPIC parallelism
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:OpenVMS
gptkb:Unix
gptkb:Linux
gptkb:Windows_Server
gptkb:HP-UX
gptkbp:successor Intel x86 architecture (for some server markets)
gptkbp:targetMarket high-performance computing
mainframes
enterprise servers
mission-critical computing
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:HP_Integrity_servers
gptkb:Fujitsu_PRIMEQUEST_servers
SGI Altix systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HP_PA-RISC_architecture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7