Intel Begins to Ship “Tukwila” Itanium Processors
Intel has just begun to ship its newest Itanium processor, codenamed Tukwila, and prepares it for launch later this quarter.
Tukwila is a quad-core CPU build with 65nm technology, featuring 2+ billion transistors, two integrated memory controllers, 30MB of cache, and a TDP of 130W.
According to the company, the new Itanium “more than doubles the performance of its predecessor [Montvale] and adds a range of new scalability, reliability, and virtualization features.”
The next-generation Itanium, known as Poulson, is set to be manufactured using 32nm and should arrive in the next couple of years.
February 4th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I don’t see the point of having an x64 only processor. I mean, Windows Vista 64-bit wasn’t even native 64-bit. It still had some 32-bit components (actually a lot of 32-bit program components). The only native compiled OS I know, is OS X which would turn this processor into a hackintosh, BSD and several Linuxdistro’s. Windows Server 2008 has also a lot of 32-bit components within the 64-bit build so I don’t think it’ll run smoothly on an Itanium. Intel should keep its head with 32-bitprocessors and the EMT64 extension and in the near future they should consider 128-bit because of the upcoming Windows 8-version. Not this 64-bit only processor -_- damn…
February 5th, 2010 at 5:12 am
@George:
There are applications out there running only linux.
It’s not a consumer product.
128bit would only make sense if there would be need for over 16 exabyte of addressing space. (as long as their isn’t an integrated memory controller over fibre cat or something we will never need that much)
Windows 8 will theoretically support 128bit. If there would be a 128bit processor windows 8 would need a patch for it.
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