The chip will be manufactured using the 65-nanometer process technology. Intel will skip the 45-nanometer process and jump to the 32-nanometer process for the Tukwila processor upgrade, code-named Poulson. Intel officials could not provide a timeframe for the release of Poulson. Poulson will be followed by Kittson.

Tukwila is targeted at servers running enterprise applications, so Intel is including RAS (reliability, availability, and serviceability) features to reduce data corruption and ensure reliable system performance. Advanced RAS features correct errors that may occur when data is being crunched on a processor.