Itanium

Rod Adkins, senior vice president of IBM's systems and technology group, said Oracle has struggled to integrate its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, while H-P is facing uncertainty about its servers that use an Intel Corp. chip called Itanium.

For IBM, Picture Looks Bright Shara Tibken 2011

The latest conflict is related to an Intel Corp. chip line called Itanium that H-P uses in its high-end servers.

H-P Sues Oracle Over Server Software Ben Worthen 2011

Separately, Oracle filed its response to a lawsuit brought by H-P over Oracle's decision to stop developing new versions of its software for some high-end H-P server systems that rely on an Intel Corp. chip line called Itanium.

Oracle Buys CEO's Start-Up Ben Worthen 2011

Some computer users reserve alternative technologies for what they call "mission-critical" jobs, such as running mainframe systems from International Business Machines Corp. and servers that use chips developed by IBM and Sun Microsystems, now part of Oracle Corp. Intel also sells a separate chip family called Itanium with performance and reliability features for such high-end jobs, a technology whose biggest user is Hewlett-Packard Co.

Intel Boosts Key Chip Line Don Clark 2011

Hewlett-Packard Co. said it sent a demand letter to Oracle Corp. stating that its rival is legally bound to keep developing software for H-P servers that use an Intel Corp. chip called Itanium.

H-P Escalates Fight With Oracle Over Itanium Ben Worthen 2011

Hewlett-Packard Co. said it sent a demand letter to Oracle Corp. stating that its rival is legally bound to keep developing software for H-P servers that use an Intel Corp. chip called Itanium.

H-P Escalates Fight With Oracle Over Itanium Ben Worthen 2011

The disclosures are the latest fallout from a vitriolic legal battle between H-P and Oracle, which last year stopped developing versions of its software for H-P systems based on the Intel chip line known as Itanium.

H-P's Payments to Intel for Chip Detailed in Oracle Suit Ben Worthen 2012

The latest conflict is related to an Intel Corp. chip line called Itanium that H-P uses in its high-end servers.

H-P Sues Oracle Over Server Software Ben Worthen 2011

Separately, Oracle filed its response to a lawsuit brought by H-P over Oracle's decision to stop developing new versions of its software for some high-end H-P server systems that rely on an Intel Corp. chip line called Itanium.

Oracle Buys CEO's Start-Up Ben Worthen 2011

Intel, in fact, spent years developing a separate chip line called Itanium that comes with special features to prevent computer crashes demanded by customers in what the industry calls the "mission-critical" segment.

Intel Unveils New Server Chip Don Clark 2010