Hewlett-Packard and Intel teamed up in the 1990s to create a completely new 64-bit CPU architecture, which was going to power everything from home PCs to high-end enterprise servers. However, it didn't quite turn out as planned, eventually becoming one of the most costly mistakes in technology history.

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