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Intel Redesigning Belated Tukwila

Four-core Itanium chip is delayed supposedly so can switch from DDR2 memory to DDR3 memory
By Maureen O'Gara
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February 13, 2009 02:45 PM EST
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Intel's Tukwila chip, its first four-core Itanium chip, has been delayed another six months. It's supposedly being held up so Intel can switch from DDR2 memory to juicier Nehalem-like DDR3 memory compliments of a scalable buffer memory architectural revision. It's also making the 65nm Tukwila socket-compatible with two future Itaniums, the 32nm Poulson and the mysterious Kittson, giving OEMs more server runway. Tukwila was supposed to be out early last year or before, a date that slipped to the end of 2008.

Published February 13, 2009 – Reads 290
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About Maureen O'Gara

Maureen O'Gara is the Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.

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