Intel shipping updated dual-core Itanium 2 – Montvale 9100 Series
Intel is shipping an updated version of its dual-core Itanium 2 server processor, called Montvale. But don’t expect to see a dramatic improvement in performance from the new chips, despite the addition of several new features. Beyond Montvale, Intel is working on three future versions of Itanium. Tukwila, which will be manufactured using a 65-nm process and pack four processor cores on a single silicon die, will be released next year.
Made using the same 90-nanometer process technology used to produce the existing Itanium 2 9000 series of processors, Montvale — formally known as the Itanium 2 9100 series chips — offers incremental improvements, including a faster front-side bus on some models and features that lower power consumption in certain situations and improve reliability. “Essentially, this is a follow-on product to the current one,” said Eddie Toh, regional platforms marketing manager in Intel Asia-Pacific’s Server Platforms Group.
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