Question: what was the first intel microprocessor to use a 64-bit wide data path? 

Answer: Formerly known as IA-64, the Itanium processor, which was co-developed by Hewlett Packard and Intel, was announced in the mid-90's and finally shipped at the beginning of 2001.  Unfortunately, it did not catch on as well as they had hoped.
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