Six-core Xeon ups the bar
Intel has released seven new Xeon processors including one with six cores per chip. The 45 nanometer 7400 series Xeon processors also ship with up to 16MB shared cache memory.
Just a few months ago quad-core processors occupied the high-end of the market. Now Intel’s six-core Xeon seriously raises the bar for challenger AMD who has just released a series of triple-core processors.
Platforms based on the Xeon 7400 series processors can scale up to 16 processor "sockets" to deliver servers with up to 96 processing cores inside.
"The arrival of these processors extends Intel’s lead in the high-end server segment," said Tom Kilroy, Intel vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group.
The Intel Xeon processor 7400 series has already set new four-socket and eight-socket world records on key industry benchmarks for virtualisation, database, enterprise resource planning and e-commerce.
The 7400 series run at frequencies of up to 2.66GHz and power levels down to 50 watts. The first 6-core, x86 compatible 65-watt version is also available.
Exeon 7400 processors are compatible with Intel’s existing Xeon 7300 series platforms and the Intel 7300 chipset with memory capacity up to 256GB.
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