The Intel/AMD smackdown continues. On Sept. 5, Intel Corp. will launch the new four-socket, quad-core Xeon 7300 Series -- just five days before Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s quad-core processor Barcelona is also expected to laun
Intel has not released details about its new four-socket, quad-core chip, but it confirmed that the release was imminent. "This quarter will see the launch of Intel's latest MP [multiprocessor] platform code-named Caneland," said Intel spokesperson Nick Knupffer in a July 24 blog. Shipments to OEMs began in June of this year. The Xeon 7300 multiprocessor, which is code-named Tigerton, and the Clarksboro chipset make up the Caneland platform.
In the same blog, Kirk Skaugen, Intel vice president and general manager of the Server Products Group, discussed Caneland on video. According to Skaugen, Intel's four-socket, quad-core processor doubles the performance of Intel's previous multiprocessor offering on some workloads. The Intel Xeon 7300 exhibited clock speeds of 2.66 GHz during trial runs of real applications at this summer's Computex Taipei International Technology Show and Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Technology Forum & Expo. ch
Intel has not released details about its new four-socket, quad-core chip, but it confirmed that the release was imminent. "This quarter will see the launch of Intel's latest MP [multiprocessor] platform code-named Caneland," said Intel spokesperson Nick Knupffer in a July 24 blog. Shipments to OEMs began in June of this year. The Xeon 7300 multiprocessor, which is code-named Tigerton, and the Clarksboro chipset make up the Caneland platform.
In the same blog, Kirk Skaugen, Intel vice president and general manager of the Server Products Group, discussed Caneland on video. According to Skaugen, Intel's four-socket, quad-core processor doubles the performance of Intel's previous multiprocessor offering on some workloads. The Intel Xeon 7300 exhibited clock speeds of 2.66 GHz during trial runs of real applications at this summer's Computex Taipei International Technology Show and Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Technology Forum & Expo. ch
