John & Intel Investors - This story - about Intel's 800 MHz ITanium CPU - probably helped the stock a wee bit today - as well as announcing mid-year for delivery of the 1 GHz Pentium III CPU!
"--Intel confirmed today that its next-generation, high-end processor will come out at 800 MHz when it debuts later this year.
Among other benefits: A four-processor Itanium server using a standard Intel chipset will be able to handle 64 gigabytes of memory, far more than traditional server systems, said Gadi Singer, one of the head researchers on the Itanium project. Singer also said that the system bus used with the chip will perform 266 million transfers per second--roughly equal to 266-MHz--which is double the current bus rate.
In other news, Intel sources said that the first 1-GHz Pentium III will come out around midyear, with computers using the chips arriving at the same time. "
Paul
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Intel: Upcoming Itanium chip will hit 800 MHz
By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 7, 2000, 11:55 a.m. PT
URL: news.cnet.com
SAN FRANCISCO--Intel confirmed today that its next-generation, high-end processor will come out at 800 MHz when it debuts later this year.
The processor, which has experienced some delays, is the 64-bit Itanium chip. It's Intel's first foray into a high-end market largely defined by such companies as Sun Microsystems and IBM. Intel is currently shipping prototype Itanium chips to computer makers for testing, analysts have said.
Although 800 MHz will make the new 64-bit chip slower than Pentium IIIs when it comes out, there are a number of performance benefits for this chip, Intel executives said at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference here.
Among other benefits: A four-processor Itanium server using a standard Intel chipset will be able to handle 64 gigabytes of memory, far more than traditional server systems, said Gadi Singer, one of the head researchers on the Itanium project. Singer also said that the system bus used with the chip will perform 266 million transfers per second--roughly equal to 266-MHz--which is double the current bus rate.
In other news, Intel sources said that the first 1-GHz Pentium III will come out around midyear, with computers using the chips arriving at the same time.
The bigger issue Itanium faces is how much demand there will be for it. Generally, analysts believe that its number-crunching prowess will make it good for workstations and technical computing, especially the lofty edge of the workstation market that Intel has yet to fully penetrate.
Typically conservative business users, however, will mostly likely initially purchase Itanium systems for testing purposes before moving widely to the new chip.
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