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while Intel launches Tukwila, Poulson, Kittson,
Tukwila incorporates four memory controllers,
each of which supports multiple DDR3 DIMMs via a separate memory controller, much like the Nehalem-based Xeon processor code-named Beckton.
Before"Tukwila" moved away from the FSB,
chipsets supporting such technologies were manufactured by all Itanium server vendors, such as HP, Fujitsu, SGI, NEC, and Hitachi.
QuickPath is also used on Intel processors using the Nehalem microarchitecture,
making it probable that Tukwila and Nehalem will be able to use the same chipsets.
Tukwila would have four processor cores
and would replace the Itanium bus with a new Common System Interface, which would also be used by a new Xeon processor.
Under the terms of the agreements, HP has to pay for chips it gets from Intel,
while Intel launches Tukwila, Poulson, Kittson,
and Kittson+ chips in a bid to gradually boost performance of the platform.