Intel rolls out Lindenhurst chipsets for Xeon servers

By Alun Williams

Posted on 2 Aug 2004 at 13:01

Intel has introduced its dual-processor 'Lindenhurst' chipsets - the Intel E7520/E7320 - for the Xeon server platform.

As well as supporting the 64-bit extensions in the latest 3.6GHz Xeon processors, there is support for DDR2 400 memory, a 800 MHz system bus and PCI Express. Also released is the Intel IOP332 I/O Storage Processor - formerly dubbed 'Dobson' - which is designed to improve RAID storage performance.

According to Intel, the E7520 chipset is aimed at high-performance dual-processor enterprise systems, which have large I/O requirements for storage, networking and other applications. The E7320, meanwhile, has the same performance enhancements but targets applications requiring fewer I/O ports.

'We've innovated and integrated the processor, chipset, storage and networking components with these technologies into platforms that deliver a new standard in performance, reliability and cost,' said the general manager of Intel's Enterprise Platforms Group, Abhi Talwalkar. 'Using these technologies will enable the systems built on these platforms to perform many of the most demanding jobs business, science or government can throw at them.'

IBM, Dell, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Siemens are among the system builders who will be using the new server platform.

Available immediately, the Intel 7520 and 7320 are priced at $84 and $70, respectively. Also available is the IOP332 IO Processor, priced at $82. All prices are based on 1,000 unit direct orders.

Nocona itself was launched at the end of June - Intel launches 64bit extended Xeon server chips. This was the first Xeon processor to offer Intel's Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T), which as well as helping with 64-bit data crunching also overcomes the 4-Gigabyte memory addressability restriction of 32-bit computing.