14 DAY TRIAL // The servers market is an ever-increasing one, and that's why there's a fierce competition between the two major chip manufacturers, AMD and Intel, for the domination in this particular field.
And in order to catch up with AMD, Intel has launched its new E7230, which allows dual-core Pentium D processors to be integrated in server environments. The E7230 enables at least entry-level servers to run Pentium D dual-core processors, and supports PCI Express and PCI-X interfaces, 800 and 1066 MHz FSB, 64-bit addressability, DDR2 memory, ECC and software RAID.
The chipset is compatible with LGA775-based processors, amongst which we can mention the current Pentium 4 generation as well as the Pentium D processors, and according to Intel, it allows "future scalability" to upcoming server products, according to an article from Tom's Hardware Guide.
According to the same article, Intel promises to ship dedicated server and workstation products, including "Bensley" which aims at dual-processor Xeon servers equipped with the "Dempsey" processor, which will be Intel's first processor to integrate the firm's I/O acceleration technology I/OAT.
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