Ending a disappointing chapter in its history, Hewlett-Packard todayannounced that Intel would hire its Itanium chip team, severing a 12-yeardevelopment partnership between the companies. HP, however, said it wasstill planning to spend US$3 billion over three years on the 64-bittechnology. “It surprised me to find there were still HP guys involved in it,” EnderleGroup principal…