Notably, Kittson has no microarchitecture improvements over Poulson, only
Notably, Kittson has no microarchitecture improvements over Poulson, only
higher clock speeds.
Rumors of a successor to Poulson(code named Kittson) began to circulate in 2012-2013.
In February 2017, Intel reported that it was shipping Kittson to test customers,
In 2017, Intel announced that the Itanium 9700 series(Kittson) would be the last Itanium chips produced.
In July 2016, the HP spin-off Hewlett Packard Enterprise(HPE)
announced in Computer World that Kittson would be released mid-2017.
In February 2017, Intel released the current generation, Kittson, to test customers, and in May began shipping in volume.
In February 2017, Intel reported that it was shipping Kittson to test customers,
with plans to ship in volume later that year.