Oracle Ordered to Pay HP $3 Billion in Itanium Case

Advertisement
By Reuters | Updated: 1 July 2016 11:20 IST
Highlights
  • HP's Itanium processor is made by Intel Inc.
  • HP said it had an agreement with Oracle that support for Itanium would continue
  • 'It was a clear breach of contract', said HP
A California jury ordered Oracle Corp to pay Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co $3 billion (roughly Rs. 20,235 crores) in damages in a case over HP's Itanium servers, an Oracle spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Oracle said it would appeal the verdict.

The Itanium processor is made by Intel Inc.

Oracle decided to stop developing software for use with HP's Itanium-based servers in 2011, saying that Intel made it clear that the chip was nearing the end of its life and was shifting its focus to its x86 microprocessor.

Advertisement

But HP said it had an agreement with Oracle that support for Itanium would continue, without which the equipment using the chip would become obsolete.

In the first phase of trial in 2012, Santa Clara Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg ruled that there had been a contract. The jury on Thursday decided damages.

"HP is gratified by the jury's verdict, which affirms what HP has always known and the evidence overwhelmingly showed," John Schultz, executive vice president and general counsel of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said in an e-mailed statement, saying that Oracle's decision to stop the software development "was a clear breach of contract."

Advertisement

In a statement, Oracle general counsel Dorian Daley said the company had been providing all its latest software for Itanium servers since Kleinberg's decision.

"Now that both trials have concluded, we intend to appeal both today's ruling and the prior ruling," Daley said.

Advertisement

© Thomson Reuters 2016

 

Catch the latest from the Consumer Electronics Show on Gadgets 360, at our CES 2026 hub.

Advertisement

Related Stories

Popular Mobile Brands
  1. Ustaad Bhagat Singh OTT Release: When, Where to Watch the Telugu Action Drama
  2. Wheel of Fortune India on OTT: When, Where to Watch Akshay Kumar's Game Show
  3. Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2026: Know the Best Deals on Tablets
  4. Hackers Steal Hundreds of Gigabytes of Data from European Space Agency
  1. Sirai OTT Release: When, Where to Watch the Tamil Courtroom Drama Online
  2. Wheel of Fortune India OTT Release: When, Where to Watch Akshay Kumar-Hosted Global Game Show
  3. NASA Confirms Expedition 74 Will Continue ISS Work After Crew-11 Exit
  4. European Space Agency Hit by Cyberattacks, Hundreds of Gigabytes of Data Stolen by Hackers
  5. Ustaad Bhagat Singh OTT Release: When, Where to Watch Harish Shankar's Telugu Action Drama Film
  6. Bha Bha Ba is Now Streaming: All You Need to Know About This Malayalam Comedy Thriller Film
  7. World’s Biggest Alien Search Enters Final Stage With 100 Mystery Signals
  8. NASA Pulls Out Artemis II Rocket to Launch Pad Ahead of Historic Moon Mission
  9. Shambhala OTT Release: When, Where to Watch the Telugu Supernatural Horror Film
  10. AGS 28 OTT Release: Know Where to Watch This Tamil Entertainer Starring Arjun, Abhirami
Gadgets 360 is available in
Download Our Apps
Available in Hindi
© Copyright Red Pixels Ventures Limited 2026. All rights reserved.