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World's First 2-Billion Transistor Microprocessor Breaking the performance barrier
Next-generation Intel® Itanium® processors (codenamed Tukwila) take the next big leap in processor-based server technology. As the world's first 2-billion transistor microprocessor¹, Tukwila is designed to provide highly scalable and reliable performance for mission-critical enterprise server solutions.
With Tukwila, you can experience these benefits and more:
- Achieve more than double the performance with next-generation quad-core technology²
- Get outstanding levels of system integration with 30MB total on-die cache providing improved performance for data-intensive, mission-critical solutions
- Maximize energy efficiency and performance-per-watt with the advanced power/ thermal design features built into Tukwila
- Get leading-edge reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) and scalable performance with the high-speed interconnect technology enabled by Intel® QuickPath architecture and memory RAS features
Delivering unmatched scalable performance, Tukwila is optimized for the intensive requirements of database, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and business intelligent (BI) applications. As a standards-based replacement for RISC, Tukwila-based servers are the answer to the increasing scalable needs of the global enterprise providing unmatched flexibility and headroom for the future.
Tukwila is targeted for production in Q1 2010.
¹ Source: Intel Corporation
² This measurement is based on comparison between Intel's performance projections (January 15, 2008) on 4-socket benchmarks (TPC-C, SpecintRate, and SpecfpRate) for Tukwila vs measurements on Intel® Itanium® Processor 9100 Series. Actual performance may vary.