Intel takes a shorter road to Paxville

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENI CONNOR ON SERVERS
08/23/05
Today's focus: Intel takes a shorter road to Paxville

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Today's focus: Intel takes a shorter road to Paxville

By Deni Connor

Intel is stepping up development on multi-core processors in
response to AMD's release of dual-core processors in April.
Intel will now ship its dual-core Xeon processors later this
year rather than in 2006 as was originally planned.

In dual-core technology, two CPUs are place on a single piece of
silicon, where they can reduce heat and increase performance for
multithreaded applications.

These dual-core processors will see performance improvements
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0301iamt.html?rl> as high
as 60% over their predecessors. Paxville, which can be used in
servers with as many as four or more processors, should have a
60% performance increase, while Paxville DP will show 50%
improvement, according to Intel. Both chips will use
Hyper-Threading, which makes them capable of simultaneously
running four sets of computer instructions. They will also
include enhanced security and better power management.

The Paxville chip is built on 90-nanometer technology. It is a
dual-core Xeon MP processor. Paxville is expected to be used in
four-processor servers and larger servers.

Paxville DP, a dual-core Xeon, is intended for use by early
adopters of dual-core technology. It will be followed by Bensley
and Glidewell next year. Bensley is a dual-core server platform;
Glidewell is intended for workstations.

Paxville and Paxville DP use the E8500 and E7520 chipsets,
respectively, and they support the Intel EM64T 32/64-bit
addressing scheme.

Intel has big plans for multi-core technology - at the company
right now 17 projects are under way. By the end of 2006, the
company claims that 95% of the server processors it ships will
be multi-core.

The company is also expected to ship dual-core Itanium
processors later this year.

For AMD's announcement, see: AMD brings dual-core Opteron to
data center <http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers5652>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco preparing management play
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2. VoIP security threats: Fact or fiction?
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3. Questions surround smartphone security
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4. CLECs play a new tune
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5. Google goes berserk
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlservers5403>

Today's most-forwarded story:

Cisco preparing management play
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Deni Connor is a Senior Editor at Network World covering
storage, Unix, Novell, Macintosh and IT in Healthcare. You can
reach her at <mailto:dconnor@nww.com>.
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mitigating threats that target internal resources. This paper
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- to monitor, analyze, and react to threats across the network
in real-time.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=110808
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