Itanium to get a speed boost in 2003
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Intel's sagging 64-bit microprocessor, the Itanium, will get a much needed speed boost in 2003, when the third generation version of the chip debuts at 1.5 GHz. The chip, code-named Madison, is physically similar to today's Itanium 2 design, but features smaller internal componentry and 6 MB of built-in cache, twice as much as the Itanium 2, which will further improve performance. The speed boost couldn't come soon enough, however: The Itanium line is flailing in the market, thanks largely to the long life time and scalability of the company's 32-bit x86 chips, which continue to improve each year.