Point is not that it only 'missed' one quarter, point is hardly any oem has had time to test it, produce a product based on it, and bring it to market; hardly any customer has had time to order one, and evaluate it before commiting to it. And anyone predicting any newproduct would storm the server market is a dire fool. How many Itaniums did intel sell in its first year ? Hardly one I think, they gave away a few thousand.
>In revenue opteron got crush by a 1000% margin as there
>almost 8XX ever sold
Got a link for that ? Regardless, I'll bet you whatever ammount you wish, opteron will outsell Itanium 3-1 in the forth quarter of this year in units. Sun alone is seeding the market with almost half as many Itaniums as Intel has sold in what, 3, 4 years ? Bookmark this thread, and check back by the end of the year. i'll change my signature to "Ignore me, I'm a dire fool" if I'm wrong. Will you ?
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