Oracle asked to pay $3 billion to HP over chip dispute

The Oracle logo is seen on its campus in Redwood City, California June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo
A California jury on Friday ordered business software giant Oracle to pay Hewlett Packard Enterprise USD 3 billion dollars for backing off a promise to support data servers powered by Itanium chips.
Oracle said it had acted properly in the situation and that it planned to appeal to a higher court.
“Two trials have now demonstrated clearly that the Itanium chip was nearing e