Intel adds crush of new mobile, server chips
Intel updated its processor list Monday with new Core 2 chips for Macbook Air-class laptops and a crush of Xeon processors for workstations and servers.
The number of new processor models is 20 in all.
Intel Vice President Pat Gelsinger holds a new Xeon chip.
(Credit: Intel)As reported earlier, Intel has introduced new power-sipping low-voltage (LV) and ultra-low-voltage (ULV) processor models for laptops such as the Apple MacBook Air and Dell Adamo.
The new LV and ULV processor models include the 17-watt SL9600 (2.13GHz, $316) and 10-watt SU9600 (1.6GHz, $289). More power-hungry Intel mainstream mobile processors are typically rated at 25 watts or 35 watts.
And over a dozen new Xeon quad-core processors based on Intel's new Nehalem chip architecture were added to the Intel price list.
Processors in the Xeon 5500 series range in price from $1,600 for the 130-watt W5580 (3.2GHz) to $423 for the 60-watt L5506 (2.13GHz). Intel, for the first time, is also listing each new Xeon chip's giga-transfers-per-second rating (GT/sec). For example, the W5580 is rated at 6.40 GT/sec, while the L5506 is rated at 4.80 GT/sec.
Other Xeon 5500 series models include the 95-watt X5550 (2.66GHz, $958), the 80-watt E5520 (2.26GHz, $373), and the 60-watt L5520 (2.26GHz, $530).
Intel also debuted the Xeon 3500 series, including the 130-watt W3570 (3.2GHz, $999) and the 130-watt W3520 (2.66GHz, $284).
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you'd be better of With Windows 7 or XP
if I may ask wat you'll be running with all those Xeons and Quadros ?
if you really want better performance for money it's better to invest in a SSD
for your old setup
I was truly amazed at how much faster a macbook with upgraded SSD
was to mine
- by nanikore March 31, 2009 5:09 PM PDT
- if you look at the config, seven7dust, you would see that it's a graphics/CAD workstation setup.
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(3 Comments)From there it's easy to figure out which kinds of software. (i.e. not games)