Itanium

Jury Awards US$3 BEEELION to HPE in Oracle/Itanium Lawsuit

Oracle is set to appeal a decision which, if it stands, will require Big Red to make a US$3 billion contribution to HPE’s top line. HP launched the action in Oracle’s 2011 decision to quit developing software for Intel’s Itanium processors. Oracle believed there was no future in the Itanium architecture, but HP pressed ahead (it still uses the architecture in its Integrity Superdome family).


HPE Has Won $3 Billion in a Lawsuit Against Oracle

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been awarded $3 billion in a lawsuit it brought against Oracle five years ago over a now largely forgotten Intel processor. The two sides had been fighting over Oracle’s decision to stop developing versions of its software for Intel’s Itanium, a server chip that never found much success in the market. After the jury verdict Thursday, Oracle said it planned to appeal.