By launching the Xeon version of the Pentium 4 processor before AMD ships its rival dual-processor Athlon platform, Intel is likely to extend its lead in the corporate market.
The planned launch this week of the new Penryn processors is the first step of a plan that Intel hopes will hit AMD hard going into 2008.
AMD will soon begin selling its low-power, quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors.
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, already fighting over today's customers, held simultaneous meetings Wednesday to try to turn attention to the server processors that will be on tomorrow's battleground.
Dell is expected to announce on Thursday in the US that it's expanding its partnership with the chipmaker to include new AMD-based servers, desktops and laptops.
Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will announce on Monday in the US the first servers to use Intel Xeon processors augmented with 64-bit extensions, a technology with major long-term implications.
There's no such thing as an average server, but for just about all your everyday computing needs one of these Intel Xeon-based servers is likely to do the trick.
In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.
Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor continued its gains in the server market during the first quarter, according to newly released data.
If you're planning to invest in new computers, it's worth considering whether to make the move to 64-bit technology. Does the extra scalability justify the expense?
Commentary:Historically, Intel drops a technological grenade of sorts at the doorway as it exits its current processor area, to confuse and misdirect the competition. Bill O'Brien thinks this could be the case with Intel's latest Pentium 4 release.
Sun Microsystems announced Monday that it will resume selling servers with Intel's Xeon processor, restoring a hardware partnership and extending it to software collaboration.
Dell has launched its much-anticipated range of servers and desktops based on Intel's quad-core Xeon processor.
There's no such thing as an average server, but for just about all your everyday computing needs one of these Intel Xeon-based servers is likely to do the trick.
Sun Microsystems' software products will support AMD's new Opteron--but not initially the chip's 64-bit capabilities that distinguish it from rival Intel processors.
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