Intel to Upgrade Xeon MP Processors Later This Month
Here's some quick chip news on the Xenon Trueland line of CPUs:
"Intel is two weeks away from launching an upgrade to the high end of its Xeon MP processor line designed to boost performance in systems with four or more processors, according to sources familiar with the chip-maker's plans. The company plans to launch its next-generation Xeon MP platform, code-named Trueland, at a press event scheduled for March 29 in San Francisco, the sources said.
"The Trueland platform will be comprised of three main components. It will include a high-end Xeon MP processor, code-named Potomac, which is expected to ship with clock speeds as high as 3.33 GHz and with an 8M byte L3 cache, according to Intel. Trueland also includes an entry-level Xeon MP processor code-named Cranford and a new chipset called the E8500." Source: InfoWorld
Here's some quick chip news on the