Editing Itanium (section)

=== Itanium 9700 (Kittson): 2017 ===
Intel had committed to at least one more generation after Poulson, first mentioning Kittson on 14 June 2007.<ref name="mercury">{{cite web |last1=Boslet |first1=Mark |title=Intel to employ advanced technology on server chips |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/06/14/intel-to-employ-advanced-technology-on-server-chips/ |website=[[The Mercury News]] |date=15 June 2007 |access-date=26 February 2022}}</ref> Kittson was supposed to be on a 22&nbsp;nm process and use the same [[LGA2011]] socket and platform as [[Xeon]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Bob |title=Tocking Itanium |url=https://www.linleygroup.com/newsletters/newsletter_detail.php?num=4912 |publisher=[[Microprocessor Report|The Linley Group]] |access-date=26 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Skaugen |first1=Kirk |title=IDF2011 Intel Developer Forum |url=https://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/idf/2011_fall/pdfs/Kirk_Skaugen_DCSG_MegaBriefing.pdf |publisher=slide 21. Intel |access-date=26 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nist |first1=Pauline |title=More than just another Itanium chip |url=https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/more-than-just-another-itanium-chip/#gs.r3sxvd |publisher=Intel |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808053527/https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/more-than-just-another-itanium-chip/#gs.r3sxvd |archive-date=8 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 31 January 2013 Intel issued an update to their plans for Kittson: it would have the same [[LGA1248]] socket and 32&nbsp;nm process as Poulson, thus effectively halting any further development of Itanium processors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel® Itanium® Processors Update |url=http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/itanium/itanium-kittson-update.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109135111/http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/itanium/itanium-kittson-update.html |archive-date=9 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2015, Intel, although it had not yet confirmed formal specifications, did confirm that it continued to work on the project.<ref name=kitguru>{{cite web |url=https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-still-committed-to-make-new-itanium-processors/ |title=Intel still committed to make new Itanium processors |quote=KitGuru Says: Even though it is highly likely that "Kittson" chips will be released, it does not seem that Intel and HP actually want to invest R&D money in boosting performance of IA-64 chips. As a result, it looks like the best thing "Kittson" will offer will be a 20 per cent performance improvement over current gen offerings. |last1=Shilov |first1=Anton |date=April 17, 2015 |website=kitguru.net |access-date=July 4, 2023}}</ref> Meanwhile, the aggressively multicore Xeon E7 platform displaced Itanium-based solutions in the Intel roadmap.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2099260/intels-new-xeon-server-chip-pushes-itanium-closer-to-end.html |title=Intel's new Xeon server chip pushes Itanium closer to death's door |last1=Shah |first1=Agam |date=February 19, 2014 |website=pcworld.com |publisher=PC World |access-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-date=January 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126165249/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2099260/intels-new-xeon-server-chip-pushes-itanium-closer-to-end.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Even [[Hewlett-Packard]], the main proponent and customer for Itanium, began selling [[x86]]-based [[HP Superdome|Superdome]] and [[NonStop (server computers)|NonStop]] servers, and started to treat the Itanium-based versions as legacy products.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shilov |first1=Anton |title=HP: mission-critical servers business improves as Itanium fades away |url=https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/anton-shilov/hp-mission-critical-servers-business-improves-as-itanium-fades-away/ |website=Kitguru |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shah |first1=Agam |title=HP sees HP-UX sticking around for 10 years |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2853998/hp-sees-hp-ux-sticking-around-for-10-years.html |website=[[Computerworld]] |date=2 December 2014 |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref>

Intel officially launched the '''Itanium 9700''' series processor family on May 11, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Intel® Itanium® Processor|url=https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/processors/itanium.html|website=Intel|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="IA-PCWorld"/> Kittson has no microarchitecture improvements over Poulson; despite nominally having a different stepping, it is functionally identical with the 9500 series, even having exactly the same bugs, the only difference being the 133&nbsp;MHz higher frequency of 9760 and 9750 over 9560 and 9550 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300, 9500 and 9700 Series Specification Update |url=https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/9300-9500-9700-series-spec-update.pdf |publisher=Intel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234308/https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/9300-9500-9700-series-spec-update.pdf |archive-date=11 November 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cutress|first1=Ian|title=Intel's Itanium Takes One Last Breath: Itanium 9700 Series CPUs Released|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/11372/intels-itanium-takes-one-last-breath-9700-series-released|access-date=May 11, 2017|publisher=Anandtech|date=May 11, 2017|archive-date=May 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511152533/http://www.anandtech.com/show/11372/intels-itanium-takes-one-last-breath-9700-series-released|url-status=live}}</ref>

Intel announced that the 9700 series would be the last Itanium chips produced.<ref name="Davis 2017" /><ref name="IA-PCWorld" />

The models are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Products formerly Kittson|url=https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/32203/kittson.html|website=Intel® ARK (Product Specs)|access-date=May 15, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804134312/https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/32203/kittson.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!Processor number||Cores||Threads||Frequency||Cache
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|9720||4||{{0}}8||1.73&nbsp;GHz||20&nbsp;MB
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|9740||8||16||2.13&nbsp;GHz||24&nbsp;MB
|-
|9750||4||{{0}}8||2.53&nbsp;GHz||32&nbsp;MB
|-
|9760||8||16||2.66&nbsp;GHz||32&nbsp;MB
|}