Microsoft will support only x86 processors with 64-bit extensions when it releases a special version of Windows Server for high performance computing next year, leaving support for Intel’s Itanium 2 ...

Microsoft is ending its support for Intel’s Itanium processor with the current version of its Windows Server OS, according to a Microsoft blog posting Friday. “Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last ...

This month, the software giant plans to begin shipping its second version of Windows server for the Itanium architecture. Following the release of the server this month, Microsoft will ship two 64-bit ...

A couple of readers chime in on Doug's analysis of Microsoft's decision to discontinue Itanium versions of Windows Server 2008 R2: As I recall, Intel did not have the x64 chips compatible w/ x86 -- ...