Intel unveils Xeon 5500 series Apr 14, 2009
INTEL Corp has announced its Xeon processor 5500 series the new enterprise-class processor which the company claims is the most significant since the launch of the Pentium Pro processor almost 15 years ago. Previously codenamed Nehalem-EP, the Xeon 5500 series brings most of the features found in Nehalem-based consumer desktop processors, such as turbo boost and hyper-threading, as well as the next generation of Intels virtualisation technology. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Intel launches new Xeon chip Apr 7, 2009
-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said the additions are its "most revolutionary" server processors since the Intel Pentium Pro processor was launched nearly 15 years ago. "The new enterprise-class chips can automatically adjust to specified energy usage levels, and speed data center transactions and customer database queries," the company said. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
AMD readying 'very low-power' Shanghai processors Apr 2, 2009
AMD's announcements come a day after Intel announced new quad-core Xeon server chips, which the chip maker is pitching as the most significant revamp of its server chip line since the release of the Pentium Pro in 1995. The launch took away AMD's long-standing technology advantage of integrating a memory controller on the CPU.. (InfoWorld)
Test Center: Intel's Nehalem sizzles Apr 1, 2009
While introducing the new processors to technical journalists in February, Nick Knupffer, Intel's global communications manager, boasted that "Nehalem represents the biggest performance jump we've made since the introduction of the Pentium Pro.". This claim was met with outright skepticism by nearly everyone in the room, and certainly by me. (InfoWorld)
Video: Cisco shows server at Xeon launch Apr 1, 2009
Gelsinger called the 730-million transistor 5500 chip, "the most important server launch since the Pentium Pro in 1995" in terms of its performance. As many as 70 vendors are working on 230 different designs using the chip which has been in production since December, he added. (EETimes)
