Research Triangle Park, NC — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat, Inc. today the availability of Red Hat Linux 7.1 for the Itanium Processor, which features the new 2.4 kernel. This configuration supports the very large address space of Itanium-based systems and scales efficiently to eight or more Itanium processors running as a single system image. New configuration tools and security enhancements are also available in this new release from Red Hat.

Red Hat Linux 7.1 for the Itanium Processor is designed for developing and porting applications that require superior performance on high-end servers and workstations. This release is equally suited to porting 32-bit applications or RISC applications to Itanium-based systems, as well as developing new applications for Itanium-based processor systems that are designed for superior performance on high-end servers and workstations for mission-critical reliability.

“Intel recognized very early that Linux was going to be a very important operating system in the future, and we are pleased that they chose to work with Red Hat as a strategic technology developer. Red Hat Linux 7.1 for the Itanium Processor will enable the enterprise and technical computing communities to take full advantage of Intel's new technology running on the industry's standard Linux platform,” said Michael Tiemann, CTO, Red Hat.

Red Hat Linux 7.1 for the Itanium Processor will be available for download and from hardware partners in the coming weeks.

 
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