The chipmaker is expected to launch new Xeon chips shortly, running at clock speeds of 3GHz and 3.06GHz and featuring faster data-shuttling components.
Intel has not yet formally introduced its new workstation processor, but some US manufacturers are advertising systems containing the 3.06GHz chip
AMD will soon begin selling its low-power, quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors.
Intel has launched two new quad-core Xeon processors incorporating virtualisation and energy efficient features that promise cuts in power usage.
Transitive, a start-up specialising in software that translates software for one chip so it can run on another, plans to release software this quarter so programs for Sun Microsystems' Sparc chips can be used on Intel Xeon chips.
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Intel announced "Sossaman" on Tuesday, a low-voltage version of its Xeon server processors that consumes between a third and a fifth the amount of electrical power as its brethren.
Intel is in the midst of beefing up its processor lines for workstations and servers.
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.
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.
The chipmaker is expected to launch new Xeon chips shortly, running at clock speeds of 3GHz and 3.06GHz and featuring faster data-shuttling components.
Intel fits its newest Xeon chip for workstations and servers with an additional 1MB cache, aiming to deliver a boost in performance.
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.
Acer has taken standard Intel OEM components to put together a highly configurable and very scalable 1U server, capable of handling a variety of tasks. It's more than a match for similar products from the big-name vendors.
Intel is in the midst of beefing up its processor lines for workstations and servers.
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