Intel launched the '4 core' chip to market

Yesterday, Intel officially launched the quad-core processor chip to the market in hopes of regaining some of the server market and PC market for gamers.

Intel President Paul Otellini announced that the Xeon 5300 and Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processors will speed up the performance of PC lines in areas such as science, entertainment and business. The speed of Xeon 5300 is higher than that of Xeon 5100 Woodcrest, up to 50% despite the similar energy consumption. Meanwhile, the QX6700 chip is 80% faster than its brother X6800.

A number of server vendors such as Dell, HP or IBM have announced plans to launch new Intel processor technology applications. Following these companies are Fujitsu, Rackable, and SGI. Manufacturers specializing in PC-specific games such as Alienware, Dell, Falcon Northwest, Gateway, Hypersonic PC Systems, Velocity Micro, and Voodoo Computers are also out of the game because the QX6700 chip is their own chip.

Intel's leaders hope that the new generation of microprocessor chips will help this company compensate for inefficient business results in the past. Intel did not reach its revenue target in the past year and had to cut to 10,500 employees globally.

This is entirely possible because it was not until mid-2007 that a direct competitor to Intel, AMD, began to release four-core chips.

From the server to the desktop PC

The concept of multi-core chips is not a new concept. IBM and Sun Microsystems have long designed and manufactured their own core applications in their high-end server products and mainframes. Or as Azul Systems has planned to launch a 48-core processor chip in 2007. However, most computer systems use the above chips to run specialized software. Intel is the first company to introduce the concept of a multi-core chip to a desktop PC system.

When running multithread software, quad-core chips will function as four independent processor chips on a single computer, performing complex tasks faster by breaking them down into partial.

Compared to a single chip or a dual-core chip, quad-core chips will have a huge impact on servers and clients. However, desktop and laptop computers will not see significant improvements because tasks on these PC systems do not require high processing power, unless they are used for purposes. Editor for advanced video editing.

Users can only truly enjoy the amazing power of quad-core chip technology when they use an operating system equipped with multi-threading capabilities. Microsoft is currently working on developing such an operating system.

Price

In this phase Intel launched a total of four versions of the quad-core Xeon 5300 chip with speeds from 1.6GHz to 2.66GHz, including 1.60-GHz 80-watt E5310 (455USD), 1.86-GHz 80-watt E5320 ($ 690), 2.33 -GHz 80-watt E5345 (USD 851) and 2.66-GHz 120-watt X5355 (USD 1172).

Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66-MHz chip with 130watt power consumption sold for $ 999. Intel plans to release two more quad-core Xeon chips in the first quarter of next year.

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