Intel itanium processors end with 9700 series

Intel's Itanium architecture was quite successful in its early years. After being launched in the early 2000s, it was a company gamble. The reality is that in recent years, their journey has not been remarkable and they have gradually lost notoriety.

Intel Itanium processors complete with 9700 series

With that in mind, Intel will end the Itanium series with the launch of the last four models. This is the 9700 series. It will have four 9720, 9740, 9750 and 9760 models. With these four models, the company shelves this entire project. We already know some of the details about them.

Characteristics Itanium 9700 Series

The prices of this series range from $ 1, 350 of 9720, the cheapest of all, to $ 4, 650 of 9760. It is a series of processors that have multi-thread. The cache memory reaches up to 32 MB in the case of the most expensive, although the two cheapest models in the series remain at 24 MB and 20 MB. They are used in the LGA1248 socket. What does this imply? They are compatible with older Itanium series like 9300 and 9500.

These processors have an EEPROM (Non-volatile Regregable Memory). Also various systems for fault detection. They all use DDR3 memory.

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Intel seeks to shelve a project that has lost success and relevance in recent years. The launch of the Itanium 9700 maintains the line followed by the company in this series. It does not seem that many users are going to regret the end of this architecture. What do you think about Intel terminating the Itanium series?

Source: anandtech