Chipzilla improves low-power server offering
25 Mar 2008 | 07:38 GMT
Yes, we Hafnium no bananas
CHIP BEHEMOTH Intel said it has released two quad core 45 nanometre low voltage processors for servers and workstations that each consume 50 watts, or 12.5 watts a core, as the firm has it.
The processors – the L5420 and L5410 clock at 2.50GHz and 2.33GHz, with each having 12MB caches and using a 1333MHz system bus. They cost $380 and $320 when you buy 1,000 of them.
Intel said it’s got support from a clutch of server vendors that include Dell, HP, Big Blue, Tyan and Verari.
Chipzilla promised that it would ship a low dual core voltage processor in the next quarter which will have a 6MB cache, consuming 40 watts, and clocking at 3GHz.
So far, it said, it is shipping 35 SKUs which use its Hafnium high-k metal gate process at 45 nanometres. µ
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