Perhaps the big news from IDF is of more interest than almost low latency numbers.
techweb.com
However, the Itanium chips did not perform anywhere near the promised speed of 800 MHz. Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., recently pushed back the Itanium's release date three months or so until the fourth quarter, when pilot development systems are scheduled to be released.
Instead, Intel's LinuxWorld efforts included demonstrating 500-MHz, preproduction Itanium chips in its own booth and with SGI, which also had a system containing a 733-MHz Itanium chip, an SGI spokesman said. NEC representatives declined to comment on the clock speed of the chips in their Azusa prototype, but indicated that the clock speed was well under the expected 800-MHz threshold.
"As we got closer to product time, the task of fixing and validating the silicon ... pushed us out a quarter," said Paul Otellini, executive vice president and general manager of the Intel architecture group, last month in an earnings-related conference call with analysts. "We learned a lot in the process."
The demonstrations will also be repeated at next week's Intel Developer Forum, where Intel will have an uninterrupted chance to expound on the direction of its own chips.
So lets see. "Pilot development systems" to ship in 4th Qtr. with 800MHz top end performance. No wonder they haven't turned on the spigot for 1.+GHz PIII chips yet. Could it be that by the time they're ready to ramp these Itanium products north of the GHz barrier the PC200 and DDR chipsets will also be ready to role? Must be a coincidence.
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