Intel's first dual-core Xeon processor is scheduled to arrive in the first quarter of 2006, a company executive said Monday, meaning that a competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices will likely arrive several months earlier.
Advanced Micro Devices has claimed its highest market-share position against Intel in years, cracking the elusive 20 percent barrier.
Intel has begun to produce chips made on the 65-nanometer process, adding an optimistic note to what has been a somewhat tough month for the chip giant.
Intel introduced its last single-core Xeon processors on Tuesday, two models that consume lower amounts of power than regular versions of the server chip.
At its Intel Developer Forum next week, the chipmaker will announce it's begun production of "Dempsey," its first major version of the Xeon server chip to employ dual processing cores, people involved with the plan said.
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.
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Asus' TS500 offers reliability, speed and efficiency at a low price for a mid-range tower server. However, case design is not ideal, and the system strangely requires a PS2 keyboard and mouse.
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