Intel Timna

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Timna was the codename of a proposed Processor Family by Intel. The project was announced in 1999 and was designed in Haifa, Israel. "Timna" is also the name of a city in Israel. It was supposed to be the first Processor with an Integrated GPU and Memory controller which was designed to work with RDRAM. The price of RDRAM did not drop as expected by Intel. So, It was decided to use the Memory Translator Hub(MTH) that is also used by the Intel 820 chipset to link Timna with SDRAM. Later, a serious defect was discovered in the design of the MTH and so the Intel 820 based motherboards using it had to be recalled. The MTH was rebuilt again but problems still remained. Timna was therefore cancelled on 29 September 2000.