MARKET RESEARCH firm IDC said sales of servers using the Intel Itanium were likely to be less this year because of competition from AMD's 64-bit X86 chips.
In a webcast, IDC said that the Itanium will be challenged by AMD's emerging X86-64 platform. Intel estimates it sold over 100,000 units last year. That means that AMD's claim that it would sell more of its 64-bit chips by the end of the year than Intel has sold Itaniums since its launch are likely to be correct.
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In a webcast, IDC said that the Itanium will be challenged by AMD's emerging X86-64 platform. Intel estimates it sold over 100,000 units last year. That means that AMD's claim that it would sell more of its 64-bit chips by the end of the year than Intel has sold Itaniums since its launch are likely to be correct.
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