Intel's Much Anticipated Tukwila Itanium Processor to be Announced Feb. 8
Intel's Much Anticipated Tukwila Itanium Processor to be Announced Feb. 8
Posted 02/04/2010 at 6:41am
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Following a series of delays, Intel has finally begun revenue shipments of its "Tukwila" processor, the codename for its newest Itanium chip.
According to Intel, Tukwila more than the doubles the performance of its predecessor, while also adding a "range of new scalability, reliability, and virtualization features," the chip maker stated in a blog post.
Tukwila's official launch will likely come on February 8, the same day Intel is scheduled to hold a press conference alongside representatives from Hewlett-Packard's business-critical servers unit in its software business. No other OEM implements more Itanium parts than HP, who uses them to power its Integrity systems and NonStop servers.
Intel says that Tukwila will be the first of several announcements slated for the first half of this year as the company looks to make a "major push" into the server processor arena.
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JohnP
February 04, 2010 at 11:28am
I was with the test and Measurement arm of HP when HP and Intel codeveloped the Itanium chip. It was meant to REPLACE the Pentium processors. No, really! Its a monster of a beast of a chip, the heatsink alone weighs in at 3-4 pounds and the CPU is on a board to get all the pins accessible. Its a 64 bit Risc chip started in the late 90's. Its biggest issue has always been that it is slow. Real slow.
I had my hands on THE first chip off of the assembly line as we were working on how to get a logic analyzer on this bad boy. Our solution was not pretty but it worked.
The forecast was in the $35-40 billion dollar range. Turns out that only recently has it even made a billion even with all the work going into the chip. That is why it has been called the Itanic.
Check wikopedia for more info.
TechJunkie
February 04, 2010 at 10:29am
Intel does it cause they care...
It will still cost you an arm and a leg, which is too much to bear...
They build fast, quality products for you too mount...
All at the expense of your bank account!!!
B10H4Z4RD
February 04, 2010 at 9:42am
Does anyone know anything special about these procs? I have heard nothing...
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February 04, 2010 at 3:11pm
The only special things of note are different archictecture (IA-64) and bigger cache.
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