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Intel (NSDQ: INTC) on Tuesday disclosed details of its upcoming eight-core server processor that the chipmaker hopes will coax large companies from servers using the competing RISC design.
Intel plans to begin production on the new chip, code-named Nehalem-EX, in the second half of the year. Computer systems leveraging the technology are expected early next year.
Intel plans to begin production on the new chip, code-named Nehalem-EX, in the second half of the year. Computer systems leveraging the technology are expected early next year.
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The performance boost from Nehalem-EX is significant, according to Intel. The new chip offers as much as nine times the memory bandwidth of Intel's current high-end processor line, the Xeon 7400. In addition, Nehalem-EX doubles the memory capacity with up to 16 memory slots per processor socket.
here we go. octo-cores on the event horizon...can they compete with big blue and the 'super computer' crowd?
