More emulation goodness, an Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows!

205 · RvE · July 19, 2026, 11 a.m.
Summary
The blog discusses a significant advancement in emulation technology, highlighting the release of an Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator by Yufeng Gao, which successfully boots the Itanium version of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP 64-bit. This development follows a previous post on a DEC Alpha emulator and signifies ongoing innovation in non-x86 CPU emulation. Currently, OpenVMS and HP-UX are not supported, along with Linux and BSD, but the successful booting of Windows indicates promising progress.