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Xeon Undermines The Gods
News "When you look at the performance and the price of Xeon-based systems, it certainly beats other processors," said Alex Yost, spokesman for IBM's Netfinity group. According to Intel, a $7500 (£4,573) Xeon-based workstation can beat the performance...
[June 30, 1998, 10:01]
Xeon Server Chips Delayed
News A chip packaging flaw leads Intel to hold back the release of Foster - its first ever Xeon processor based on Pentium 4 - until the end of May Intel has delayed by a few weeks the introduction of the first Xeon server chips based on the Pentium 4...
[May 9, 2001, 8:10]
US Report: Xeon To Replace Pentium Pro By Summer
News As Intel gears up for the high-end Xeon processor, it is quickly winding down its Pentium with MMX and Pentium Pro CPUs. The company said yesterday that the Xeon Pentium II processors, for high-end workstations and servers, will be available in June.
[April 21, 1998, 9:14]
IBM EServer XSeries 226 8488 (Xeon 3GHz) review
Reviews You can configure it with one or two Intel Xeon processors running from 2.8GHz to 3.4GHz; PC2-3200 DDR2 memory beginning at 512MB and maxing out at 16GB; 7,200rpm SATA hard drives with 80GB to 250GB capacity; 10,000rpm or 15,000rpm SCSI hard...
[August 11, 2005, 9:10]
Intel Scraps 2GHz Xeon In Favour Of Prestonia
News Intel has scrapped plans for a 2GHz Xeon processor for servers but has accelerated release of a 2.2GHz Xeon with enhanced performance features to fill the gap. The chipmaker had planned to release a 2GHz version of Xeon for two-processor servers in...
[September 20, 2001, 11:34]
Intel Scraps One Xeon, Speeds Another
News Intel has scrapped plans for a 2GHz Xeon processor for servers but has accelerated release of a 2.2GHz Xeon with enhanced performance features to fill the gap. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker had planned to release a 2GHz version of...
[September 20, 2001, 8:38]
Intel Beefs Up Xeon Chip To 2GHz
News Intel's Xeon processor for workstations--and eventually for servers, the company hopes--is available at 2GHz speeds, the Santa Clara, California, chipmaker will announce on Tuesday. The Xeon chip is the big brother of the Pentium 4, which reached...
[September 25, 2001, 9:08]
Performance, Scalability And Reliability With The Intel® Xeon(TM) Processor MP For Server Consolidation And Key Enterprise Applications.
White Papers This paper examines the Xeon processor MP 32-bit processor from Intel and how this processor can increase business value while also delivering significant enhancements allowing for better technical performance.
[September 6, 2005, 16:41]
Power Comparison Of Dell PowerEdge 2950 Using Intel X5355 And E5345 Quad Core Xeon Processors
White Papers This paper will compare the performance of the PowerEdge 2950 using two different quad-core Intel Xeon processors that consume different amounts of power. Results will show that the Intel Xeon E5300 family of processors can approach the performance...
[June 5, 2007, 1:00]
Chinese Research Center Boosts Parallel Database Performance With Intel Xeon Processor
White Papers And the National Research Center of Parallel Computer Engineering & Technology in China is at the heart of this evolution with Intel Xeon processors. Businesses today generate data at an unprecedented rate.
[April 25, 2007, 1:00]
Quad-core Xeon Laptop Gets 1.5TB Storage
News Eurocom, the company that released a quad-core Xeon laptop in 2007, has announced a revamp that includes an upgradeable motherboard and up to 1.5TB (terabytes) of on-board storage. At that time, the product is also likely to swap to Intel's...
[May 14, 2008, 12:07]
Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 Series Makes Energy-Efficient Datacentre A Reality
White Papers Dell supplied a Dell PowerEdge 1950 server powered by two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5100 series and performance was compared to Dell PowerEdge 1850 server powered by two single-core Intel Xeon processors.
[April 25, 2007, 1:00]
Intel Turbocharges Xeon Chip
News Intel has tuned up its Xeon chip for workstations and two-way servers. As expected, the California-based chipmaker released on Monday a new version of its 3.06GHz Xeon that packs an additional 1MB of cache.
[July 15, 2003, 9:32]
HP Packs Xeon In ProLiant Server
News Hewlett-Packard is launching three updated versions of its dense ProLiant servers, including one that runs Intel's new Xeon MP chip. The DL580 uses the latest Xeon MP chip and can increase application performance by 26 percent over previous...
[December 3, 2002, 7:56]
Porting Applications To The Intel® Xeon Processor
White Papers Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T) is one of the many technologies Intel has brought to market with its introduction of a new generation of Intel® Xeon™ processor-based server and workstation platforms.
[November 8, 2004, 23:00]
IBM Revamps Xeon Server Design
News IBM announced the eServer X3 architecture on Tuesday, the third major upgrade in its five-year Xeon server design programme. IBM won't confirm the identity of these, but they are believed to be Intel's "Cranford" Xeon MP chips, the first...
[February 22, 2005, 17:50]
Performance Of Two-Way Opteron And Xeon Processor-Based Servers For Scientific And Technical Applications
White Papers The second is the IBM eServer xSeries 336, based on the Intel Xeon processor with Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) enabled. This paper compares the performance of two servers that are typical of those used to build Linux clusters.
[August 12, 2008, 1:18]
New Xeon Chip Makes Early Appearance
News Intel's 3.06GHz Xeon chip has quietly made its way into new workstations. The 3.06GHz chip, expected to launch later this quarter, will offer Intel's fastest clock speed in its Xeon. It follows the release of the chipmaker's 2.6GHz, 2.66GHz and...
[February 5, 2003, 16:11]
A Year Ago: Intel Delay Xeon To Fix Bug
News As a result, the release of many Pentium II Xeon servers will be delayed until late this summer. The 450NX chip set was originally expected to be released next week, along with the Pentium II Xeon processor line.
[June 23, 1999, 6:42]
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]
