Intel Corp. plans to leave its smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices behind by days after introducing its quad-core Intel Xeon MP microprocessors next week. In addition to the new microprocessors earlier code-named Tigerton, the world’s largest chipmaker is expected to roll-out a new platform code-named Caneland, which is projected to be more efficient compared to the existing one.
A news-story at Cnet News.com web-site claims that Intel will introduce the new Intel Xeon MP microprocessors lineup next week, days before AMD officially launches its quad-core AMD Opteron processors code-named Barcelona on the 10th of September. It is not revealed when exactly the new microprocessors designed to work inside servers with four or more physical chips, but in the last couple of years Intel updated its multi-processor (MP) server lineups on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, therefore, Intel will be less than a week ahead of AMD with its quad-core MP server product.
Earlier it was reported that the new Intel Xeon MP lineup will consist of eight microprocessors based on Intel’s latest Core 2 micro-architecture: six Tigerton QC chips and two Tigerton DC processors with four and two processing engines, respectively. The new chips will use 1066MHz quad-pumped bus and will also lower power consumption of Intel Xeon MP chips to the range between 50W and 130W. The products are set for September introduction, some sources indicated.
Five out of eight processors – models X7350 (quad-core, 2.93GHz), L7345 (quad-core, 1.86GHz), L7340 (quad-core, 2.40GHz), L7220 (dual-core, 2.13GHz) and L7210 (dual-core, 2.40GHz) – will have 8MB of cache, two – models L7320 (quad-core, 2.13GHz) and L7310 (quad-core, 1.60GHz) – will have 4MB of cache and one processor – L7330 (quad-core, 2.40GHz) – will have 6MB of cache.
The new Xeon MP processors will be priced from $856 to $2301.
But as the transition to the Core 2 micro-architecture was pretty smooth for other families of Intel’s products, in the MP server space the transition for the new micro-architecture will be complicated by co-transition to a new platform code-named Caneland, which features four independent processor system busses instead of two found on the current MP server platform from Intel. Nevertheless, after accounting for about 13% of Intel Xeon MP shipments in Q3 2007, the share code-named Tigerton processors will grow to 80% of Intel’s MP chip supplies in Q1 2008.
Intel did not comment on the news-story.
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You can tell the fools at Intel are desperate now that AMD is gonna kick their arses again with Barcelona and friends.
[Posted by: Jorge | Date: 08/29/07 08:07:13 AM]
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Its really looking like AMD and Intel will be COMPETITORS again this season. K10 and Penryn will probably relatively equal in performance. AMD's Hyper Transport platform is, of course, better for a powerful processor and CSI won't be out until well into 2008. AMD may be able to stretch their legs for 6 months to a year, hopefully.
[Posted by: Wingless | Date: 08/29/07 01:35:11 PM]
AMD will be able to stretch their legs for 0 months because penryn will destroy Barcelona and AMD will be reduced to a company like VIA.
Once that happens, competition will not hurt Intel any longer with stupid price wars, this way Intel can produce even better chips thanks to their higher revenues.
[Posted by: Mr. BonBon | Date: 08/29/07 07:18:38 PM]
Wingless, I don't see how AMD and Intel are competing anymore. Intel will be releasing 45nm chips while AMD is just beginning to shift to 65nm. Intel has Quad cored chips (glued or no glue, they are still quad cored) at remakrably low prices that make AMD's 6400 look bad and pretty much make the FX-74 look like a waste of resources. What can you expect AMD to do? K10 may be promising, but it's hard to believe that a company so in debt on two frontiers can recover when delays plague the company and products cranked out are inferior performance wise, not necessarily quality wise.
Mr. Bonbon, are you an Intel employee? You see very passionate about defending Intel and prasing the company :) .
[Posted by: nuff | Date: 08/29/07 07:45:18 PM]
Moving from one scale to another smaller scale makes it harder to design a processor. Intel always has problems at first moving to a smaller fabrication process than AMD. The Penryn core will not be as good what people think. I predict that the Barcelona core from AMD will surprising exceed everybody's expectations. Sure AMD processors are little expensive, but an AMD system are a lot cheaper than an Intel system.
An AMD K8 core is three years old. When Intel Core 2 Duo came out, E6600 barely beat Athlon64 X2 5000+. Also E6800 power efficiency is not as good as AMD AthlonFX high end model at the time. Core 2 Duo can not handle 64-bit instructions as well as it should.
[Posted by: linuxnerd | Date: 08/30/07 12:11:23 AM]
Where's the product that's gonna prove that AMD can kick some @$$???
[Posted by: dudde | Date: 08/29/07 10:03:46 PM]
The inquirer reports that Barcelona will do just that. Hard to say if it is true but I guess we'll see in two weeks.
http://theinquirer.net/?article=41970
[Posted by: RW | Date: 08/29/07 10:59:19 PM]
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Chalk it up for the AMD fanboys. Ya'll keep waiting for the Intel killer. It ain't coming! You guys have no clue whats on the horizon. For all you know, Penryn might beat AMD to market. Keep buying AMD's substandard clones. I've been running quadcore for 6 months already. Until there is an official release and you can actually buy a Barcelona, there are no quad core available from AMD. Enjoy your 1.9 Ghz monster( yeah right!!)!
[Posted by: tex | Date: 08/31/07 12:58:05 PM]
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