14 DAY TRIAL // Intel has announced that it will present the first processor aimed at servers that include several cores on the same silicon die. In this way, Intel is following in AMD's footsteps, which presented its first dual-core chip for servers this spring.
The computers and servers of the future, based on Intel architecture, will offer dual and multi-core processors and support for innovative solutions like I/O, virtualization and advanced memory. The platform, code-named "Richford", will incorporate two Intel Itanium processors (code-named "Tukwila"), which are followed by the latest generation of Intel Itanium processors, code-named "Poulson".
The new Xeon processors, code-named Paxville, were initially scheduled for the next year's first quarter and will be included in the platform, code-named Reiland.
A broad range of systems fitted with 64-bit Intel Xeon MP processors, from 4-way blade rack and socket servers, to 32 processor systems, will be available from top producers like Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens, HCL Infosystems, HP, Hitachi, IBM, Lenovo, NEC, Samsung, Supermicro, Tyan, Toshiba and Unisys.
The purpose of the Paxville technology, used for dual-core servers, is to avoid system overheating, an ever-present problem for administrators.