Intel starts shipping Next generation of Itanium® server processor

February 4, according to foreign media reports, Intel said in Tuesday, after many years of delays and development issues to suspend the product, Intel has started shipping code-named "Tukwila" of the new itanium® processor. The Itanium chip is a 64-bit processor designed to run fault-tolerant servers that require high uptime. Intel said in its blog that the official launch time for the chip was in the first quarter of this year. "Tukwila" is by far the fastest Itanium processor.　　It adds a number of performance and architectural enhancements to improve system performance. Intel said in its blog that the "Tukwila" chip has increased performance by more than its previous chip, adding a wide range of new scalability, reliability, and virtualization capabilities.　　The chip, which includes a four-core design, is an upgraded product of the Montecito 9100 series Chip, which was launched in 2006. Intel announced the news before the international solid State Circuit Conference. Sun Microsystems and IBM are expected to discuss high-end processors for servers at this meeting. The meeting will be held in San Francisco from February 7 to 11th. Intel is also expected to hold a press conference next Monday to announce some new processors.　　However, an Intel spokesperson is unwilling to comment on whether the announced processor is "Tukwila". Development issues delayed the release of the "Tukwila" chip. Last February, Intel postponed the release of the chip, adding a faster connection to each other and supporting new technologies such as DDR3 memory.　　Last October, Intel again postponed the release of "Tukwila" chips to increase application scalability enhancements. "Tukwila" chips are likely to be released next Monday, said Nathan Brookwood, a leading analyst with Insight 64. It's not late, it's too late. The high-end chip market is developing at a very slow pace.　　The development and production of complex architectures such as Itanium takes time. The Itanium processor competes with Sun's SPARC processors and power processors in the high-end server processor market. In such markets, Brookwood said, it is more important to make chips correctly than to launch them earlier.　　Systems based on high-end architectures such as Itanium need to be strong and reliable. IBM will launch the POWER7 architecture, Brookwood said. As a result, vendors need an Itanium upgrade to keep up with IBM. However, Intel's Itanium processor has not been very successful, and only several manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard have adopted an itanium® chip in the system. However, despite the prolonged delay, the future of Itanium chip is not uncertain.　　Intel has developed a 6-year product roadmap for Itanium processors. The "Tukwila" product is a "Poulson" processor with a 32 nm process, followed by a processor code-named "Kittson". Intel does not provide a "Poulson" release schedule.　　The "Tukwila" chip is manufactured using 65 nm process. Intel plans to release other server processor chips in the first half of 2010. What people expect most is the NEHALEM-EX chip. This is a 8-core x86 chip, mainly for running database applications such as high-end systems. Paul Otellini, Intel chief executive, said Nehalem-ex would be Intel's fastest chip to date.　　The server chips to be launched in the next three months are also "westmere" chips for low-end and mid-range servers. (Responsible editor: Indra) Author: Tianhong