Itanium
Released processors
Table:
Codename
process
Released
Clock
L2 Cache/
core
L3 Cache/
processor
Bus
dies/
dev.
cores/
die
watts/
dev.
Comments

Itanium

Merced
180 nm
2001-06
733 MHz
096 KB
none
266 MHz
01
01
116
2 MB off-die L3 cache

800 MHz
130
4 MB off-die L3 cache

Itanium 2

McKinley
180 nm
2002-07-08
900 MHz
256 KB
01.5 MB
400 MHz
01
01
130
HW branchlong

1 GHz
03 MB
130

Madison
130 nm
2003-06-30
1.3 GHz
03 MB
130

1.4 GHz
04 MB
130

1.5 GHz
06 MB
130

2003-09-08
1.4 GHz
01.5 MB
130

2004-04
1.4 GHz
03 MB
130

1.6 GHz

Deerfield
2003-09-08
1.0 GHz
01.5 MB
062
Low voltage

Hondo[104]
2004-Q1
1.1 GHz
04 MB
400 MHz
02
01
260
32 MB L4

Fanwood
2004-11-08
1.6 GHz
03 MB
533 MHz
01
01
130

1.3 GHz
400 MHz
062?
Low voltage

Madison
2004-11-08
1.6 GHz
09 MB
400 MHz
130

2005-07-05
1.67 GHz
06 MB
667 MHz
130

2005-07-18
1.67 GHz
09 MB
667 MHz
130

Itanium 2 9000 series

Montecito
090 nm
2006-07-18
1.4 GHz
256 KB (D)+
1 MB (I)
06–24 MB
400 MHz
01
02
104
Virtualization, Multithread, no HW IA-32

1.6 GHz
533 MHz

Itanium 2 9100 series

Montvale
090 nm
2007-10-31
1.42–
1.66 GHz
256 KB (D)+
1 MB (I)
08–24 MB
400–
667 MHz
01
01–2
075–104
Core-level lockstep, demand-based switching

Itanium 9300 series

Tukwila
065 nm
2010-02-08
1.33–
1.73 GHz
256 KB (D)+
512 KB (I)
10–24 MB
QPI with
4.8 GT/s
01
02–4
130–185
A new point-to-point processor interconnect, the QPI,
replacing the FSB. Turbo Boost

Itanium 9500 series

Poulson
032 nm
2012-11-08
[105]
1.73–
2.53 GHz
256 KB (D)+
512 KB (I)
20–32 MB
QPI with
6.4 GT/s
01
04–8
130–170
Doubled issue width (from 6 to 12 instructions per cycle),
Instruction Replay technology, Dual-domain hyperthreading[106][107][108]

Itanium 9700 series

Kittson
032 nm
2017-05-11
[3]
1.73–
2.66 GHz
256 KB (D)+
512 KB (I)
20–32 MB
QPI with
6.4 GT/s
01
04–8
130–170
No architectural improvements over Poulson,
5 % higher clock for the top model

Codename
process
Released
Clock
L2 Cache/
core
L3 Cache/
processor
Bus
dies/
dev.
cores/
die
watts/
dev.
Comments

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