It’s been a long time since Intel tried to tempt the world with a new Itanium chip. The VLIW 64-bit processor last received a serious update in 2008, with the 2-billion transistor Tukwila.
Article link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/22/intel-talks-up-next-gen-itanium-32nm-8-core-poulson/