Yes, it's me, Arcadian, and everybody is starting to realize now, that servers are my favorite kinds of computers. That's why I want to open the floor to comments about Intel's new IA-64 architecture, and their upcoming Itanium chip.

What do you guys think of Itanium? Are there any major worries or drawbacks that you foresee? Do you think it will be successful, in spite of being late? What do you think of Intel pushing an instruction set that is completely new? Anyone out there with confidence in Itanium? Does anyone out there not know what Itanium is?

We can discuss anything here, including what people think of AMD's Sledgehammer, and if it will compete with the Itanium processor. I happen to be the kind of person who has a lot of confidence in Itanium, but I would love a discussion that can proove me wrong. If anyone has any technical specifications they can list, or ideas of what may be included in the architecture, please speak up! This should be an interesting conversation.