Intel Releases Next-Generation Xeon
Intel has unveiled the next generation of its Xeon processor, which will be the company's first chip to include the Extended Memory 64 Technology that allows the processor to run both 64-bit and 32-bit software.
Source: PCWorldThe microprocessor vendor also released a chipset for workstations based on the new Xeon processor, called the E7525, that includes a faster 800-MHz system bus, DDR2 memory, as well as Intel's next-generation PCI Express interconnect. The new Xeon, which had been code-named Nocona, comes more than a year after Intel's rival, Advanced Micro Devices, released its Opteron processor, which takes the similar approach of extending Intel's 32-bit x86 processor instructions so they can handle 64-bit computing. Though Opteron and Nocona are expected to run the same software, they have significant differences, said Richard Dracott, general manager for Intel's enterprise platform marketing and planning group. "We have taken a different approach to how we balance the system overall," he said. "We chose to go with a faster front side bus, faster subsystem, and PCI Express." Intel, for example, does not support AMD's 3DNow graphics instructions, he said.
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