According to the exec of Microsoft, the company aims to ship
desktop/workstation version of Windows XP Professional x64 in early April,
2005, with x86-64 flavour of Windows Server 2003 leaving the building in
Redmond, Washington in late April, 2005. While the world's top software maker
is not usually accurate with release dates for its upcoming products, the
statement concerning 64-bit desktop and server OS gives some backing to
Intel's recently announced desktop chips that support 64-bit
capability.