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Itanium is regularly slammed by competitors and dissed by some analysts as a processor with no future, but market research firm IDC sees solid growth ahead.
………Silicon Graphics, the maker of high-end visualization systems used by Hollywood movie studios, scientific researchers and others, moved to Itanium a few years ago. But the company has been losing money and recently admitted it may have to seek bankruptcy protection.
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