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   &header;
 
     <h2>Machines on the market</h2>
 
+    <p>On this page we try to collect the different machines one can
+      buy now or could buy in the recent past. Presence here does not
+      mean that FreeBSD has been validated to run on it. We get to
+      that eventually. If a particular machine is not listed here,
+      chances are we don't know about it. Note that the Merced based
+      machines are not listed here, even though they are supported.
+      The reason for this is simply that they're not interesting
+      anymore.</p>
+
     <h3>Bull</h3>
 
     <table border=1>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.bull.com/novascale/NovaScale4020.html">
 	      NovaScale 4020</a></td>
 	  <td>2-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>Intel E8870 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.bull.com/novascale/NovaScale4040.html">
 	      NovaScale 4040</a></td>
 	  <td>4-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>Intel E8870 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.bull.com/novascale/NovaScale5080.html">
 	      NovaScale 5080</a></td>
 	  <td>8-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>Intel E8870 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.bull.com/novascale/NovaScale5160.html">
 	      NovaScale 5160</a></td>
 	  <td>16-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>Intel E8870 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
     </table>
 
     <h3>Fujitsu-Siemens</h3>
 
     <table border=1>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/rl/products/primergy/rxi600.html">
 	      PRIMERGY RXi600</a></td>
 	  <td>4-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>Intel E8870 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
     </table>
 
     <h3>Hewlett-Packard</h3>
 
     <table border=1>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/entry_level/rx1600/index.html">
 	      Integrity rx1600</a></td>
 	  <td>2-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>HP zx1 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/entry_level/rx2600/index.html">
 	      Integrity rx2600</a></td>
 	  <td>2-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>HP zx1 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/entry_level/rx4640/index.html">
 	      Integrity rx4640</a></td>
 	  <td>4-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>HP zx1 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/entry_level/rx5670/index.html">
 	      Integrity rx5670</a></td>
 	  <td>4-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>HP zx1 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/mid_range/rx7620/index.html">
 	      Integrity rx7620</a></td>
 	  <td>8-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>HP sx1000 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/mid_range/rx8620/index.html">
 	      Integrity rx8620</a></td>
 	  <td>16-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>HP sx1000 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/superdome_high_end/index.html">
 	      Integrity Superdome</a></td>
 	  <td>up to 64-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>HP sx1000 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
     </table>
 
     <h3>IBM</h3>
 
     <table border=1>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/eserver/xseries/x382.html">
 	      eserver xSeries 382</a></td>
 	  <td>2-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>IBM XA-64 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/eserver/xseries/x450.html">
 	      eserver xSeries 450</a></td>
 	  <td>4-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>IBM XA-64 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/eserver/xseries/x455.html">
 	      eserver xSeries 455</a></td>
 	  <td>16-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>IBM XA-64 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
     </table>
 
     <h3>Supermicro</h3>
 
     <table border=1>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/SUPERServer/SuperServer6113L-8.htm">
 	      SuperServer 6113L-8</a></td>
 	  <td>2-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>Intel E8870 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/SUPERServer/SuperServer6113M-i.htm">
 	      SuperServer 6113M-i</a></td>
 	  <td>2-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>Intel E8870 chipset</td>
 	</tr>
     </table>
 
     <h3>Unisys</h3>
 
     <table border=1>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.unisys.com/products/es7000__servers/hardware/aries__410__server.htm">
 	      ES7000 Aries 410</a></td>
 	  <td>8-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>unknown</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.unisys.com/products/es7000__servers/hardware/aries__420__.htm">
 	      ES7000 Aries 420</a></td>
 	  <td>16-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>unknown</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.unisys.com/products/es7000__servers/hardware/orion__430.htm">
 	      ES7000 Orion 430</a></td>
 	  <td>2*16-way Itanium 2</td>
 	  <td>unknown</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
 	  <td><a href="http://www.unisys.com/products/es7000__servers/hardware/orion__560.htm">
 	      ES7000 Orion 560</a></td>
 	  <td>2*16-way Itanium 2 + 32-way Xeon</td>
 	  <td>unknown</td>
 	</tr>
     </table>
 
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NovaScale 4020	2-way Itanium 2	Intel E8870 chipset
NovaScale 4040	4-way Itanium 2	Intel E8870 chipset
NovaScale 5080	8-way Itanium 2	Intel E8870 chipset
NovaScale 5160	16-way Itanium 2	Intel E8870 chipset
Integrity rx1600	2-way Itanium 2	HP zx1 chipset
Integrity rx2600	2-way Itanium 2	HP zx1 chipset
Integrity rx4640	4-way Itanium 2	HP zx1 chipset
Integrity rx5670	4-way Itanium 2	HP zx1 chipset
Integrity rx7620	8-way Itanium 2	HP sx1000 chipset
Integrity rx8620	16-way Itanium 2	HP sx1000 chipset
Integrity Superdome	up to 64-way Itanium 2	HP sx1000 chipset
eserver xSeries 382	2-way Itanium 2	IBM XA-64 chipset
eserver xSeries 450	4-way Itanium 2	IBM XA-64 chipset
eserver xSeries 455	16-way Itanium 2	IBM XA-64 chipset
SuperServer 6113L-8	2-way Itanium 2	Intel E8870 chipset
SuperServer 6113M-i	2-way Itanium 2	Intel E8870 chipset
ES7000 Aries 410	8-way Itanium 2	unknown
ES7000 Aries 420	16-way Itanium 2	unknown
ES7000 Orion 430	2*16-way Itanium 2	unknown
ES7000 Orion 560	2*16-way Itanium 2 + 32-way Xeon	unknown