When Microsoft Corp. rolls out its next big PC server operating system on April 24 it will have versions supporting Intel Corp.'s 64-bit Itanium processor. But the software giant does not expect it will have any public schedule at the event for when it will ship a version supporting the 64-bit capabilities of Advanced Micro Device's Opteron microprocessor to be launched the same week.
At its April event in San Francisco, Microsoft will roll out specifically for Itanium two high-end versions of its Windows Server 2003 operating system, it first server OS update in three years. The 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 will run on all x86 processors including AMD's Opteron which has both 32- and 64-bit modes.
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