Despite Intel's move to release what some believe is a competing technology to AMD's 64-bit Opteron and AMD64 technologies, many in the channel said they have not seen a groundswell toward those solutions.
"It's just too early," said Steven Osheroff, president of A-Z Computer Marketing, a Centerville, Va.-based system builder. The market may be ready to adopt that technology in about six months, he said.
AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif., has enjoyed a successful channel adoption of its Opteron and AMD64 processors, chips that run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. Intel executives acknowledged that AMD's success played a part in their decision to begin shipping 64-bit extensions for the Xeon platform.
Intel has priced its C++ Compilers 8.1 for Windows or Linux at $399; its Intel Visual Fortran Compiler 8.1 for Windows, Professional Edition, at $1,399; and its Intel Visual Fortran Compiler 8.1 for Linux at $699, among others.
Also, the Intel VTune Performance Analyzers with support for Intel EM64T will ship later in the fourth quarter for $699, Intel said.
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