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Nocona leads Intel's charge into 64-bit
News The 3.6GHz chip, code-named Nocona, is used in increasingly powerful dual-processor machines that account for the bulk of Intel's presence in the market for servers. As expected, the Nocona systems will arrive at same time as the LinuxWorld...
[August 2, 2004, 10:25]
Intel's Nocona ready for release
News Nocona, the code name of a Xeon chip from Intel, can run both 32-bit software, the kind found on most PCs today, and 64-bit software such as complex databases. Until it announced in February that Nocona would run both types of software, Intel...
[June 28, 2004, 9:05]
Intel's 32/64-bit chip ready to launch
News Nocona, Intel's first chip that will run 32-bit and 64-bit software, is expected to debut at the end of June, just within the company's self-imposed second-quarter window. Intel would not comment on the chip, but sources close to the company said...
[June 15, 2004, 12:15]
Chip glitch hampers latest Xeon launch
News Intel and server partners plan to launch the "Nocona" version of the Xeon processor for dual-processor servers on Monday, but a supporting chip called "Lindenhurst" that handles input-output chores has a flaw that in rare circumstances can cripple...
[July 30, 2004, 9:00]
Intel comes clean on 64-bit server chip
News Technically, the chips are code-named Nocona for dual-processor systems, Prescott for single-processor systems and Potomac for four-processor systems, and the 32/64-bit capability goes by the code name Clackamas Technology.
[February 18, 2004, 11:20]
HP to unsheathe Opteron blades
News But Intel followed suit in 2004 with its "Nocona" version of the Xeon processor. The Opteron 252 will run at 2.6GHz and boost the speed of the HyperTransport communications links from 800MHz to 1GHz, while Intel will release the new "Irwindale...
[February 11, 2005, 8:25]
US army purchases massive supercomputer
News The news comes a few months after Linux Networx announced that the same lab is buying a machine with 2,132 of Intel's new "Nocona" model Xeon processors. The Nocona chips, introduced in numerous servers on Monday, are Intel's first server chips to...
[August 3, 2004, 9:15]
Sun tries new tactic in Linux battle
News So if a sales rep sells Solaris on Dell or IBM, or even HP (Xeon or Nocona), we pay them as if they sold the hardware," Schwartz wrote. Schwartz noted that Solaris is now "up and running" on Intel's new Nocona processor for servers, which can run...
[August 31, 2004, 16:40]
IBM pulls away from server rivals
News Mainstream "x86" processors with 64-bit extensions to accommodate more memory, such as Intel's "Nocona" model of Xeon and AMD's Opteron, are catching on. About 60,000 Nocona-based servers and 52,000 Opteron servers were sold, IDC said.
[November 24, 2004, 7:30]
Intel lays siege to server chipsets
News Lindenhurst is paired with Intel's "Nocona" Xeon DP, a 90-nanometer-process chip for dual-processor systems. Based on conversations with industry participants, we believe that Intel has been slow to give ServerWorks technical details of the Nocona...
[July 29, 2003, 9:56]
HP hones blade servers
News The company said it will ship blades using Intel's upcoming "Nocona" version of Xeon, when that chip becomes available, an event scheduled for the second quarter of 2004. Nocona will be Intel's first x86 chip to include 64-bit extensions such as...
[March 8, 2004, 7:50]
Athlon 64 FX-53: end of the waiting game? review
Reviews By then, we'll have seen a handful of 64-bit processor choices, ranging from later steppings of Intel Prescotts and Tejas to AMD Clawhammers and Newcastles for the desktop space; for the high rollers, there's always Intel's 'Gallatin' and possibly...
[March 22, 2004, 10:45]
Dell, HP set up new clusters
News Dell's new server, the PowerEdge SC1425, is a stripped-down cousin to its 1850 that also uses Intel's newest "Nocona" generation of 64-bit Xeon processors, said Paul Gottsegen, vice-president of worldwide enterprise marketing.
[November 8, 2004, 7:48]
HP to confirm Opteron server
News Intel announced last week that it will match those 64-bit extensions with a compatible technology called CT, scheduled to arrive by mid-2004 in a new Xeon processor code-named Nocona. Hewlett-Packard is expected announce a server based on Advanced...
[February 24, 2004, 7:45]
HP starts selling four-Opteron server
News Opteron is on the eve of its first anniversary, but Intel is following with its own 64-bit extensions to its x86 line -- scheduled to debut later this quarter in Xeon processors code-named Nocona. Hewlett-Packard has begun selling a four-Opteron...
[April 20, 2004, 8:55]
NEC shifts resilient servers to quad-core chips
News But NEC's servers currently use the earlier-generation NetBurst-based single-core "Nocona" and dual-core "Paxville" Xeons. NEC said last week that it's updating its fault-tolerant line of servers with Intel's new quad-core processors — a move that...
[April 2, 2007, 9:41]
Dell hones slimmer blades
News The new blade system will feature Intel Xeon processors, formerly code-named Nocona that can handle 32-bit and 64-bit software, speedy DDR 2 memory, and capability for redundant drives and power supplies.
[June 30, 2004, 9:35]
IBM's new blades remain on the cutting edge
News IBM also brought Intel's new 3.6GHz "Nocona" models of the Xeon processors to a new edition of its HS20 blades that will ship by November 12 with a starting price of $2,039. IBM has improved the processor of its JS20 blade servers and is going to...
[October 8, 2004, 9:05]
Dell’s new blade - home grown or not?
News The systems are derived from Dell's eighth-generation servers, which debuted in August, along with Intel's newest "Nocona" version of the Xeon processor, he says. Fujitsu plans to release a new blade soon that will use Intel's Nocona version of...
[November 1, 2004, 15:29]
Dell removes AMD Opteron ad
News Dell has said it will offer Intel's forthcoming 64-bit Xeon chip, dubbed Nocona, in its servers later this year. Dell has removed an advert for an AMD processor from its Web site after the posting fuelled rumours on Wednesday that the PC maker was...
[March 25, 2004, 9:45]
