Intel launches new quad-core processor chip

On December 11, Intel began to sell quad-core microprocessor chips for Xeon 5335 servers. Thus, the latest product of the 5300 quad-core processor chip was released earlier than planned. month.

Intel said the company decided to launch Xeon 5335 chips to market sooner than planned to meet the needs of server manufacturers.

Technical specifications of Xeon 5335 are as follows: 2GHz speed, 1333GHz FSB bandwidth, 8MB L2 cache and 80watts power consumption. Xeon 5335 sells for 690USD if purchased with a quantity of 1,000.

" Server manufacturers want us to offer this new microprocessor because they want them to be available soon ," said Jason Waxman, Intel's Xeon platform manager.

Waxman said Intel will boost production of Xeon 5335 in the near future.

A number of major PC manufacturers around the world such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, and IBM have plans to integrate new Intel microprocessor chips and upcoming product lines.

" Intel's new processor chip strengthens our product lines ," said Dell spokesman David Lord during Intel's product launch day.

It is expected that in the first quarter of next year, Intel will launch two new quad-core processor chips with energy consumption of only about 50watts.

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