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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
"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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Exeon 7400 processors are compatible with Intel’s existing Xeon 7300 series platforms and the Intel 7300 chipset with memory capacity up to 256GB.<\/p>\n