eWeek: Will Intel Get Its Groove Back with ‘Woodcrest’?
Server makers are lining up a host of new and enhanced systems armed with Intel’s new “Woodcrest” Xeon processor, a chip built on a new architecture that promises better performance coupled with greater energy efficiency.
Intel initially said the Xeon 5100 family—based on Intel’s new Core microarchitecture—would be released in the third quarter. However, earlier this month the giant chip maker pushed up the date to June 26 in an attempt to take back momentum from rival Advanced Micro Devices, which has gained market share over the past couple of years based on the strength of the performance-per-watt capabilities of its Opteron processors.
Various OEMs say the Xeon 5100 chips put Intel solidly back in the game. Officials with Dell say the new chips will help its PowerEdge servers improve performance by up to 152 percent while lowering power consumption by as much as 25 percent. [Read.On]