Acknowledgements

Throughout the course of this work, there have been several people whose thoughts, ideas, and hard work have made a major impact on the final product. I'd like to acknowledge them as follows:

At Intel

Craig Barrett—Chief Executive Officer, Intel Corporation

Paul Otellini—President and Chief Operating Officer, Intel Corporation

Mike Graf—Product Line Manager, Itanium Processor Family

Bruce Morehead—Worldwide Applications Manager

John Kalvin—Field Sales Engineer

Lisa Hambrick—Intel Marketing Manager

John Crawford—Intel Fellow and Original Intel Architect on IPF

At Hewlett-Packard

Dirk Down—HP Marketing Communication Manger

Brian Cox—HP Product Marketing Manager

John Davis—HP Product Manager for HP-UX

Ken Kroeker—HP Systems Consulting

Gayle Malone—HP Consulting Services Manager

Jim Collins—HP Support Systems, Hardware

Tu-Ting Cheng—HP IPF Design Engineer

Sam Sudarsanam—HP Consulting Services

Katya Girgus—Marketing Consultant

Laura Lowell—Server Category Communications Manager

Brad Porter—Independent Consultant to HP on IPF Markets

John Santaferraro—Independent Consultant to HP on IPF Markets

Kurt Steele—Independent Consultant to HP on IPF Markets

Finally, I'd like to recognize the tireless work and dedication of those who have contributed directly to making this book a reality:

Pat Pekary—HP Books Publisher/Program Manager

Jill Harry—Executive Editor, Prentice Hall PTR

Kreg Wallace—Illustrator, Prentice Hall PTR

Val Fischer-Pallansch, Itanium Communications Manager

Michael Bellomo, MBA/JD—Special Manuscript Contributor