On Tuesday, Intel has announced that it has begun shipping the new Itanium processor codenamed "Tukwila, finally released after many delays and problems, postponing the appearance of these processors for a long time. 64-bit processors Intel Itanium are designed for use in fault-tolerant servers, which are required hard work. The official announcement of the new processors is scheduled for the first quarter of this year, Intel said in his blog.

Currently Tukwila is the fastest processor, Intel Itanium, says the manufacturer. He adds that, in this processor used in numerous architectural enhancements to improve system performance. "Tukwila more than doubles the performance of its predecessor and adds several new features of scalability, reliability and virtualization", ─ wrote Intel. The new processor has four cores and replaces the existing 9100 series Itanium processor, codenamed Montecito, which were released in 2006.

The declaration was made previous to the International Conference Solid-State Circuits, which Sun Microsystems as well as IBM, are expected to display the new-fangled CPUs for high-end servers. The Conference will be held in San Francisco from 7 to 11 February. The Corporation Intel also plans on Monday to hold a press briefing to launch the new microprocessor, but Intel spokesperson refused to state whether it is Tukwila. The release of this microprocessor was delayed because of some issues with the development: in February last year, Intel delayed the release to add to the CPU for quickest system bus as well as sustain for new technologies, in particular, memory DDR3. In October, the declaration was postponed once more, to add the improved scalability.

Analysts believe that the Tukwila processor will be officially presented on Monday. It is "more than a little late, but not too late." Market high-performance processor moves very slowly, as the complex architecture like Itanium are time-consuming to design and manufacture. Successor Tukwila will Poulson, created using 32-nanometer technology, and then will Kittson. Intel does not disclose the approximate timing of release of Poulson. Tukwila processors made on 65nm process technology.

In the first half of this year, Intel is all set to release other server microprocessors. The most expected of them ─ Nehalem-EX, x86 oriented system of high-class, working with applications for example databases. After the emergence of Nehalem-EX is to be the best ever server CPU Intel today, "said Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Besides, in the next three months will Westmere server processors for servers and lower secondary level. Nehalem-EX will move the x86 servers in a higher segment, but they cannot compete with the software and the reliability of Itanium. Itanium CPUs aimed at more challenging market sector.

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