Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/13/intel_xeon_fastfsb/
Intel guns one four-core Xeon, cools another
AMD talks to OEMs
13th August 2007 18:16 GMT
Intel has pumped out a pair of fresh server chips meant to give AMD fits. Customers will now find the Xeon X5365 and L5335 four-core processors. The higher-end X5365 runs at 3.0GHz while eating up a max of 120W. Meanwhile, energy conscious types will want to check out the L5335 that runs at 2.0GHz while consuming just 50W.
As reported (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/29/intel_2ghz_clovertownlv/) earlier, the L5335 should prove particularly troubling for AMD. The smaller chipmaker is just pushing out a 1.9GHz version of the four-core 'Barcelona' flavor of Opteron to server OEMs now, and that chip consumes 68W. A 2.0GHz standard edition Barcelona tops out at 95W.
The new four-core chips from Intel also come with faster 1333MHz front side bus speeds, helping Intel deal with a long-standing bottleneck. Intel has been shipping products with a 1066MHz FSB.
Intel is bragging that it got the new Xeons out quicker than expected. Again, that's a jab at AMD, which has Barcelona coming in later and slower than many hoped.
The X5365 will cost $1,172 in volume, while the L5335 costs $380. ®