Intel invested in Intel® Itanium® Architecture

Intel Strengthens Investment In Intel® Itanium® Architecture With Hiring Of HP Design Team

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2004 – Intel Corporation today reached an agreement with HP to hire HP’s Intel® Itanium® processor design team based in Ft. Collins, Colo. The deal strengthens Intel’s investment in the Itanium architecture and bolsters the development of multi-core processors. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The agreement means that all Itanium processor design will be done by Intel. Aligning processor development is expected to augment the Itanium processor platform and accelerate broader industry adoption as the platform for servers entrusted to handle the most demanding workloads.

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