BRAND NAME
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 25, 2002 - Intel
Corporation today announced the brand name for the second-generation Itanium®
processor, to be called the Intel® Itanium 2 processor.
Formerly code-named McKinley, the Itanium 2
processor will be the second in a family of 64-bit products from Intel that
bring the performance and volume economics of the Intel Architecture to the most
demanding segments of computing. The Itanium processor family enables a broad
choice of reliable platforms and applications for high-end servers and
workstations at significantly lower costs and greater performance than
proprietary offerings.
"The
Itanium brand connotes a new level of capability for high-end enterprise
computing," said Pam Pollace, vice
president and director, Worldwide Marketing. "The Itanium 2 name extends this to
the next-generation of the Itanium processor family."
Through processor design innovations,
Itanium 2-based systems are
expected to deliver 1.5 to 2 times the performance of today's Itanium-based
systems, and even greater performance versus RISC-based systems in key
enterprise-class applications. The Itanium 2 processor is scheduled for mid-year
release. Introductions of servers and workstations
based on Itanium 2
processors are expected to start at that time and continue throughout the year.
The Itanium 2 processor logo will become part
of the Intel Inside® program, the largest co-op advertising program in the
world.
