Mar. '00 Headlines

In the ever growing world of Linux, support for all makes of hardware is essential to the platform's exponential rise in success. With that thought in mind, open-source programmers have set out for Linux to support Intel's upcoming Itanium processor.

The Itanium processor is the next generation CPU that uses 64-bit architecture, as opposed to today's standard 32-bit microprocessors. In present time, the majority of software is designed for 32-bit CPUs, therefore deemed useless on a 64-bit chip. Linux advocates, however, have worked on a compiler for programs-- one that would take "32-bit code" and translate it to 64-bit language. While the Itanium is only in prototype stage right now, a select few have the IA-64 in their possession. The "lucky few" are the ones who will make Linux compatible with 64-bit systems when the processor becomes mainstream.

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