Tukwila
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Tukwila is the code-name for a future generation of Intel's Itanium processor family following Itanium 2 and Montecito. It is expected to come to market in 2007. While its features have not been publicly disclosed in detail, it is said to utilize both multiple processor cores (sometimes called CMP) and SMT techniques. The engineers said to be working on this project are ones acquired from the DEC Alpha effort, the EV8 iteration of which was to be focused on SMT.
It is thought that the chip will have at least 4 processor cores; it may only be able to run at full rated clock with some of them deactivated. In this way it can be configured for highest multithreaded performance or highest single thread performance, while staying within its thermal limits.
Tukwila was previously code-named Tanglewood until late 2003 when someone - presumably the people who run the Tanglewood music festival - complained.