Intel’s new Itanium is the Moby Dick of microprocessors | VentureBeat

Intel’s new Itanium is the Moby Dick of microprocessors | VentureBeat: "It’s a whale of a chip. Intel is announcing today the 10th generation of its Itanium chip, which is a 64-bit microprocessor aimed at the very high end of the corporate computer market.

The chip is a modern miracle in many respects, with more than 3 billion basic components known as transistors. It is one of the highest achievements in technological design, but it’s also a relic of an age when power consumption didn’t matter. As such, the chip is confined to a small, high-end segment of the computing market at the high end."

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