Hewlett-Packard and NEC announced plans to add to HP's
Unix-based operating system so that it can take advantage of forthcoming
IA-64-based computers based on 64-bit chips from Intel. NEC and HP plan to share
engineering resources in a bid to further optimize HP's UX software for
high-end uses. The software is likely to roll out in conjunction with IA-64
processors, now delayed until the year 2000.