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The Great Graveyard in the Cloud

By Horst Günther Burkhardt in Linux on 17 Nov 2023

There has been some consternation suggesting that the removal of Itanium from the Linux kernel is the start of a mass exodus of less-loved code and architectural support. This is wrong. I'll explain why.…

Death of the Salesman - or, the Tragedy of Itanium

By Horst Günther Burkhardt in History on 16 Nov 2023

Once upon a time, there was a microprocessor manufacturer. They dared to dream a great many things. Some of those things would change the world. Some of those things would fail. Today, we're going to talk about a failure. That failure is the Itanium.…

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