HP drops Itanium 2 workstations

http://news.com.com/HP+discontinues+its+Itanium+workstations/2100-1006_3-5381398.html?tag=nefd.top

The writing is on the wall for IA64 on the desktop.  Looks like x64 is going to be the desktop 64 bit CPU for the near future.

Wally