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Intel chip fails the Compaq test

They don't make chips like they used to...

By John Oates

Published: 15 November 2001 13:20 GMT

Compaq has been testing Intel's latest Itanium chip and isn't happy with the results.

Compaq was due to release servers based on the Itanium chip architecture this summer. Intel and Compaq are working together to solve a problem with a four-way Itanium server.

But Intel confirmed there is a "sighting" or minor problem with the chip. According to theinquirer.net: "A sighting is any issue affecting the performance or reliability of an enterprise server system that is witnessed in the system, software and/or platform levels. Sightings are common occurrences and most are root-caused to something other than a silicon issue."

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