In 2014, Intel had to release a new generation of Itanium RISC-processor, known to us codenamed Kittson. It was expected that this will be the 22-nm solutions, which will replace the 32-nm generation of processors Poulson (Itanium 9500 series). Closer to the expected announcement term , Intel announced that Kittson processor will be produced using 32nm process technology and will maintain per socket compatibility with previous series, which will facilitate the modernization of existing systems. However, even in this form the new generation Itanium processors has not appeared. Intel has consciously opted for x86-based solutions (Xeon) and the maximum reduced funding for development in the direction of RISC / UNIX systems.
As reported a few days ago a representative of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the European branch of the company, the new system on the Intel Itanium Kittson processor passed the test phase and will go on sale next year. HPE's customers will receive new platforms closer to the middle of 2017. Specifications of the new Intel Itanium processors remain unknown. You can expect that the trends will increase performance per core. Oracle has, as we know, creates cost of a license for their programs for RISC / UNIX systems in terms of the number of cores. The smaller cores are executed at Oracle, the cheaper use of its programs. HPE company see the main advantage of the new Intel Itanium models - they will make the cost of ownership and use of the new systems cost-effective for customers.
Despite the declaration of customers support in the Intel Itanium platform and, in the broad sense, on the software environment HP-UX and the OpenVMS, HPE company realizes that sooner or later will have to move completely on x86-based platforms. To this end, it launched the process of transferring operating systems HP-UX and OpenVMS to work with x86-compatible processor architectures. It is expected that the development will be completed by 2018. Alternatively, HP-UX and OpenVMS will be able to run on x86-compatible platform as a virtual machine. Support for Intel Itanium HPE company promises to provide up to 2025. Related Products :
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