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The Itanium tag on WindowsForum covers Intel's IA-64 architecture and its Windows ecosystem. Discussions include an experimental emulator that boots Windows Server 2003 and XP for Itanium, offering retrocomputing enthusiasts access to this rare platform. The tag also aggregates historical security and reliability updates for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Itanium-based systems, reflecting Microsoft's support lifecycle for this architecture. Topics span emulation, enterprise server maintenance, and the legacy of Itanium in Windows history.
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    Intel Itanium Emulator Boots Windows Server 2003 and XP Setup

    Intel Itanium, the ambitious 64-bit architecture that promised to replace the industry’s aging processor families before becoming one of computing’s most famous strategic failures, is unexpectedly sailing again through software emulation. Developers Yufeng Gao and gdwnldsKSC have produced an...
  2. cybercore

    Itanium hits 10-year mark, less Windows

    Big vendors aren't democracies, so when Kevin Armour, the CTO of Paycor Inc., heard last year that Microsoft was ending support for Itanium, he knew he was stuck. "I was a little disappointed," he said of Microsoft's decision, which was made a year ago next month. Armour's three-year-old...
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