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		tw04 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Athlon 64: How AMD turned the tables on Intel Given that Itanium originated at HP, it seems unlikely it was about AMD and more about the fact, at the time, Intel was struggling with 64-bit. People are talking about the P4 but Itanium architecture dates back to the late 80s… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium

mwpmaybe 4 months ago [–]

For context, it was intended to be the successor to PA-RISC and compete with DEC Alpha.

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