Intel's new Itanium 9300 processor

Intel today along with it server partner HP, introduced the new Itanium 9300 processor.

Intel showcased following points for the processor:

• Twice as many cores as its predecessor - four versus two
• Eight threads per processor (through enhanced Intel Hyper-Threading Technology)
• More cache
• Up to 800 percent the interconnect bandwidth
• Up to 500 percent the memory bandwidth
• Up to 700 percent the memory capacity using-industry standard DDR3 components

The company, in it announcement, also highlighted “common platform ingredients” to spur innovation and add value. In its news release, the company wrote:

The Itanium® 9300 processor series and the future Intel Xeon processor, codenamed “Nehalem EX,” share several platform ingredients, including the Intel QuickPath Interconnect, the Intel Scalable Memory Interconnect, the Intel 7500 Scalable Memory Buffer (to take advantage of industry standard DDR3 memory), and I/O hub (Intel 7500 chipset). The common elements foster shared innovation, design synergy, and manufacturing efficiency across Intel Xeon® and Itanium processor families, and flexibility for customers.

Intel also addressed what it called intelligent energy efficiency using an enhanced form of Demand-Based Switching to lower power consumption when utilization is low. The Turbo Boost technology kicks-in to deliver a performance boost when it’s needed but then scales down to conserve power when it’s not required, thus conserving power.