14 DAY TRIAL // The world's largest vendor of computer processors, Intel, has recently announced the introduction of its much-anticipated line of Core i5 and Core i7 processors, designed to provide users with the mainstream performance enabled by the chip maker's new Lynnfield architecture. In addition, it appears that Intel also debuted several other new processors, part of the company's sever- and workstation-oriented Xeon series. The new lineup includes six new models, each one designed to work with the company's new 3400 and 3420 series of chipsets. According to the specifications of these new chips, business users will benefit from the same features that have been enabled on the company's latest line of consumer desktop processors, the new Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs.
Intel's new Xeon processors have been designed to work with the new 3400 and 3420 series of chipsets, providing customers with a performance-capable choice for running email, file, print and dynamic Web server systems. These systems are built with some of the unique features that have been enabled on Intel's latest platform, including Error Correcting Code memory and RAID 0/1/5/10 support. In addition, like on the latest Lynnfield processors for consumers, the new Xeon chips are also featured with Intel's Turbo Boost Technology and the Hyper-Threading technology, both of which are meant to improve the system's overall performance.
The lineup includes five new models that are featured with a TDP of 95W, in addition to a new, 45W TDP model. The Xeon 3430, X3440, X3450, X3460 and X3470 all feature 95W TDP and clock speeds of 2.4 to 2.93GHz, with the possibility of increasing that to between 2.8GHz and 3.6GHz, through the Turbo Boost technology. All but the X3430 have four working cores with eight threads, whereas the said model only comes with four cores with four threads. In addition, Intel also unveiled the Xeon L3426, clocked at 1.86GHz and said to deliver a 188-percent improvement in energy efficiency over the chip maker's previous Xeon X3380.
As far as pricing goes, these new chips will be available for between US$189 to US$589, in 1,000-unit packages.