Itanium 2 "benchmarks" are out
Source: Arstechnica
Itanium 2, the second generation of 64-bit processors to emerge from Intel labs, is headed our way. OCWorkBench was the first (as far as I'm aware) to post a PowerPoint Presentation that reveals some simulated or estimated "marketing benchmarks" on Itanium 2's performance. Marketing is the operative word here because, if you look closely, you'll see that each set of "stats" represents a theoretical comparison of different machines with different configurations, likely chosen to reflect specific performance gains and features that are expected at production time. All the same, the presentation does seem to indicate Intel is expecting to release Itanium 2 to production in only a couple of months, so it won't be too long before we'll know if the OEMs like HP are wise for hedging their bets. Itanic 2 or no? This EETimes brief indicates that Intel is certainly broadcasting 2x the performance of similar system based on the original Itanium, but then that's not much of a claim, since by most accounts Itanium proved to be disappointing.
