Intel ships dual core Xeon processors

By Steve Malone

Posted on 11 Oct 2005 at 10:34

As promised, Intel has announced it has begun shipments of its dual core Xeon server processor. According to the company, the new chips will increase the performance of a typical single core dual processor server by up to 50 per cent.

The new dual-core Intel Xeon processor now shipping runs at 2.80 GHz and is equipped with an 800 MHz system bus and 2 MB of Level 2 cache per core.

Moving up the scale, the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 7000 codenamed 'Paxville' is promised within 60 days and is expected to run at speeds of up to 3.0 GHz and includes a new chipset, the Intel E8501, to support an 800 MHz system bus. The platform will also include a dual, independent system bus, DDR2 Memory, PCI Express, memory RAID and other I/O technologies.

In the first half of 2006, Intel says it will deliver a new server platform, codenamed 'Bensley', comprising a dual-core Intel Xeon processor, codenamed 'Dempsey', and a chipset, codenamed 'Blackford'. The company also says it will produce dual-core Intel Xeon processors designed for systems requiring low power consumption such as blade servers.

The Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 2.80 GHz is available for $1,043 based on 1,000-unit quantities. Pricing for the forthcoming dual-core server processors will be provided within the next 60 days.