Itanium launch and reception

In June 1994, Intel and Hewlett-Packard - two of Silicon Valley’s largest and most powerful companies - announced an alliance. From the union of these two giants, will spring forth the next generation of CPUs. The Great Successor. Chosen to unify two architectures under one umbrella. It was named Itanium and by 2002 Intel had spent $5 billion on it. In today’s video, we trace one of Intel’s most ambitious products.

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