The launch of Intel's dual-core Itanium 2 processors, dubbed "Montecito," is now set to happen in the week of Computex, which will take place in Taipei June 6-10, according to sources. Intel expects the new dual-core CPUs, with mass production slated for July, will account for half of its overall server-use Itanium CPU shipments by the end of the third quarter, the sources cited the chip giant's roadmap as indicating.

Company CEO Paul Otellini said at the Fall 2004 IDF (Intel Developer Forum) that the Montecito, Intel's first dual-core processor for Itanium 2-based servers, would be available in the third quarter of 2005. However, the next-generation Itanium CPU line was postponed to 2006, due to integrated power management issues.

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