Intel IDF Report #4 - Wrap Up

More Itanium

While we covered the architecture of the Itanium in Part 3 of our IDF coverage, we now have some pictures of the actual systems Intel had running. Most followed the reference Intel design, such as the Dell server/workstation shown below. However, others went with their own custom designs, such as the 16-way configuration from NEC that stands over 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide.

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It is interesting to note that all the setups we saw were using SDRAM for memory support. It's also interesting to note the second massive heatsink adjacent to the Itanium CPU that covers the power supply for the chip. Below, we have some pictures of the inards of the the Itanium Server and Workstation designs that Intel was showing.

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Conclusion

Overall, AnandTech's first trip to IDF was quite a fruitful one. While the show didn't have the hustle and bustle of a Comdex or an E3, we garnered quite a bit of information as well as got a chance to meet some of our friends over at Intel. As such, you can almost certainly expect to see continued IDF coverage from AnandTech in the future.