Fallope, Re: "Intel will begin sampling the two follow-on, 64-bit processors to McKinley, code-named Deerfield and Madison. Both chips will begin sampling "in the summer," said Mike Fister, vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Platforms Group at Intel of Santa Clara."
Great news. Sounds like something that Intel will demo at Fall IDF, to be sure.
Re: "Both Deerfield and Madison are 0.13-micron versions of McKinley, Fister said. The Deerfield 64-bit processor is a low-power chip geared for dual-processor applications. The chip is only 70-80 Watts; in comparison, McKinley runs at 130 Watts."
Both processors sound like hot puppies, but at least anything in the 70-80W range will be usable in high performance DP markets. Current cooling and power supply technologies may be able to shoe-horn Deerfield chips into dense 2U racks. That would certainly allow Itanium volumes to take off.
Re: "Deerfield and Madison are expected to be shipped in volumes in 2003"
The earlier the better, though. A first half launch would be ideal, IMO. It does sound possible, given that samples should be available this Summer.
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