THRASHER2
08-16-2007, 01:43 AM
Intel readying Penryn server chips for November
DailyTech (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8451) spotted a pricing list on an unprotected Web page at Intel's Reseller Center that reveals seven Xeon processors with 12MB of cache memory are scheduled to launch on November 11. The thing is, Intel doesn't have any server chips with 12MB of cache memory right now.
But the chipmaker has already disclosed that its Penryn generation of processors (http://news.com.com/Intel+shows+off+Penryn+chips/2100-1006_3-6153973.html) will have up to 12MBs of cache memory, making it pretty clear what to expect in November. All Intel has said is that Penryn chips are expected to arrive in the second half of the year. An Intel representative said he could not comment on rumors, and though the Web page has been pulled from Intel's site, I did see a copy before it died.
Penryn server processors will be Intel's first processors built on its 45-nanometer manufacturing technology (http://news.com.com/Chip+companies+entering+their+metal+period/2100-1006_3-6153962.html), and will arrive a few months after AMD's first quad-core server chip (http://news.com.com/8301-13579_3-9757608-37.html) launches in September. Intel already ships quad-core server chips, but they don't have as much cache memory as the Penryn chips will have.
DailyTech (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8451) spotted a pricing list on an unprotected Web page at Intel's Reseller Center that reveals seven Xeon processors with 12MB of cache memory are scheduled to launch on November 11. The thing is, Intel doesn't have any server chips with 12MB of cache memory right now.
But the chipmaker has already disclosed that its Penryn generation of processors (http://news.com.com/Intel+shows+off+Penryn+chips/2100-1006_3-6153973.html) will have up to 12MBs of cache memory, making it pretty clear what to expect in November. All Intel has said is that Penryn chips are expected to arrive in the second half of the year. An Intel representative said he could not comment on rumors, and though the Web page has been pulled from Intel's site, I did see a copy before it died.
Penryn server processors will be Intel's first processors built on its 45-nanometer manufacturing technology (http://news.com.com/Chip+companies+entering+their+metal+period/2100-1006_3-6153962.html), and will arrive a few months after AMD's first quad-core server chip (http://news.com.com/8301-13579_3-9757608-37.html) launches in September. Intel already ships quad-core server chips, but they don't have as much cache memory as the Penryn chips will have.