Intel Introduces New Quad-Core Xeons
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Intel's lower-powered -- but high-power -- quad-core microprocessors go on sale Monday. Drawing only 50 watts for each quad-core processor, the L5320 and L5310 require as much as 60 percent less power than the company's existing 80-watt and 120-watt quad-core server products.
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(InfoWorld) - Motherboards that use Intel's 3-series chip sets, codenamed Bear Lake, seem to be everywhere at the Computex exhibition -- signalling they will soon find their way to store shelves and hardware makers around the world. Intel took advantage of the Taiwanese hardware show, which started Tuesday,Â to announceÂ that the first chip sets from the series -- the P35 and G33 -- are now available. And more will come later this year, including the G35 and X38, which Intel plans to start shipping within 90 days. Based on the large number of 3-series motherboard designs developed, Intel expects the new chip sets to catch on quickly and lay the foundation for future processor advances. "They're all going to be able to support quad core from entry-level motherboards on up," said Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's sales and marketing group. Intel is billing the 3 series as the prelude to its planned launch of the Penryn family of 45-nanometer processors later this year. The new chip sets, which also support the company's existing chips, are needed because Intel has changed the voltage used with Penryn's front-side bus, which connects the chip set to main memory, said Steve Peterson, director of chip set and graphics marketing at Intel. The 3-series chip sets, which all support quad-core processors, are labelled to reflect their respective capabilities. The models labeled with the prefix G include an integrated graphics core, while the P models do not. The X model is the top-of-the-line model and includes the ability to decode Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies. At the low end of the lineup, the G31 is designed specifically for emerging markets. This chip set is basically the same as the G33, but Intel has removed the ability to play high-definition movies, allowing it to reduce the chip set's price.
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Advanced Micro Devices announces faster Athlon 64 X2, cooler single-core Athlon 64 CPUs.
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Intel Corp. took a huge step Tuesday away from its usual strategy of pushing the need for speed, announcing that it will offer microprocessors with dual cores across all product lines starting next year.
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New high-end dual-core Opterons will power servers.
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Intel also unveiled a key optical design win with Emulex Corporation and a new compiler for storage applications. Intel introduced the 64 bit-capable Low Voltage IntelÂ® Xeonâ¢ Processor 2.8 GHz with 800
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A new top-of-the-range Pentium M processor has been introduced by Intel: model 765, which clocks 2.1GHz, with a 400 MHz system bus and 2MB of Level 2 cache.
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(InfoWorld) - Intel has shipped more than 1 million quad-core Xeon 5300 microprocessors sinceÂ introducing them in November 2006, meeting a goal announced by company executives earlier this year. "We have shipped more than 1 million so far," said Danny Cheung, an Intel spokesman in Singapore. The millionth quad-core Xeon chip was shipped earlier this month, he said. Intel's quad-core Xeon 5300 series, also known by the code name Clovertown, was released last November. The chips helped lead the company's recovery in the server chip market,Â taking share away from rivalÂ Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD). Intel has priced the Xeon 5300 aggressively, hoping to win more orders for its quad-core line. The prices overlap those of Woodcrest, the code name of Intel's dual-core Xeon 5100 series. For example, Intel's Xeon E5345, which has 8MB of cache and four 2.33GHz cores, is the second-fastest Clovertown chip and is priced at $851 in 1,000-unit quantities, a standard pricing measure. That's the same price as the Xeon 5160, the fastest Woodcrest chip, which has 4MB of cache and two 3GHz cores. Pricing for the entire Clovertown line ranges from $455 to $1,172, while the Woodcrest line prices range from $209 to $851, according to Intel's latest processor price list.
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Maximus or minimus? Review Intelâs new X38 chipset sweeps aside the elderly 975X and storms to the front of the queue as the natural choice for anyone building or upgrading a Core 2 Duo, Quad or Extreme PC. In essence, the X38 is a souped-up P35 with added support for the next-gen 1600MHz frontside bus (FSB) as well as Intelâs 45nm 'Penryn'.â¦
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InfoWorld - Server makers are showing their first systems based on Advanced Micro Devices&#39;&#160;upcoming quad-core Opteron chip, known as Barcelona.
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New Apple Xserve servers come with dual Intel Quad-Core Xeon CPUs and an unlimited client licence for the late3st Mac OS X Server.
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(Load based on the average seating of a Greyhound bus) Rackable Systems is willing to cram the Intel 5400 chipset into pretty much any chassis it can get its hands on. Today the server n' storage firm began selling 13 new servers based on Xeon 5000 series quad-core chips.â¦
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Intel expanded its line of "Extreme" processors to include chips for notebooks, as well as a new flagship desktop processors on Monday.
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Regular desktop CPUs to be Core 2 Quadros, apparently Intel's quad-core desktop processors will be branded Core 2 Quadro and Core 2 Extreme, Taiwanese motherboard maker moles have alleged. The chip giant's roadmaps have, in the past, indicated that the first quad-core desktop will be an Extreme-branded part.â¦
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Ten months after Intel shipped its first quad-core server processor, Advanced Micro Devices finally released a quad-core Opteron that the upstart vendor hopes to use to recapture its momentum in the server market.
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AMD has introduced the latest additions to the company's Opteron line, boosting performance of the multi-processor power plants for X86 servers and workstations.
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At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco yesterday, Intel President Paul Otellini provided further details of the chip giantâs plans to bring multicore processors to servers and desktop PCs, starting with a dual-core server chip in the second half