Quad- and Dual-Core Processors

Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) has released new processors with extended seven-year lifecycle support, a new chipset, and a carrier-grade server. The processors are based on Intel's high-k, metal gate transistor formula and manufactured on the company's 45-nanometer process. The processors include the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 Series and the Dual-Core Intel "Xeon" processor 5200 series.

These new processors, coupled with the power- optimized Intel 5100 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) chipset, comprise the first 45nm CPU platforms for thermally constrained bladed applications. When using the Intel 5000P chipset, the processors are ideal for applications such as storage, routers, security and medical solutions, as well as communications applications such as IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). The 45nm CPU-based platforms, based on the Intel 5100 MCH chipset, are ideal for 200 watt maximum power envelope specifications such as AdvancedTCA and also for NEBS Level-3 requirements.