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Dell, HP Refresh Servers with Intel ‘Westmere’ Chips

March 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Intel is launching its new six-core “Westmere EP” Xeon processors, and system makers such as IBM, HP, Dell, SGI, Cray and Super Micro are rolling out new and enhanced systems powered by the new chips. The Westmere EP launch comes as Intel prepares to release an eight-core Xeon and AMD readies its 12-core Opteron.
– Intel is rolling out its six-core “Westmere EP” Xeon processors, a move that has OEMs such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell refreshing their server lineups and is continuing an active quarter in the chip making business.
Intel on March 16 unveiled its new Xeon 5600 series chips, a family of 32-nano…


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Intel Readies Six-Core ‘Westmere’ Server Chip

February 4th, 2010 | No Comments

At the ISSCC show next week, Intel officials will talk about their upcoming 32-nm “Westmere” processors for servers and clients, including a six-core version for two-socket servers and high-end desktops. Intel is looking to refresh its entire server lineup, not only with Westmere processors but also with the upcoming Nehalem EX chip and the next-generation Itanium processor, called “Tukwila.” AMD and IBM also are getting ready to release new server products.
– Intel is looking to quickly expand the number of its 32-nanometer “Westmere”
processors, and will offer a six-core version for both two-socket servers and
high-end desktops.
In addition, the company will roll out a dual-core chip for mainstream
desktops and mobile PCs.
Intel will present papers…


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‘Jasper Forest,’ 32-nm ‘Westmere’ on Intel Agenda for IDF

September 14th, 2009 | No Comments

During Intels three-day Intel Developer Forum, key agenda items will be the new “Nehalem”-based chips for the embedded and storage sectors, code-named “Jasper Forest.” Also on tap will be reports on “Westmere,” Intels processors built via the 32-nm manufacturing process. Westmere chips are on schedule for revenue production starting in the fourth quarter, giving Intel a lead over rival AMD, which isnt expected to roll out its first 32-nm chips until 2010.
– “Jasper Forest”
and “Westmere” will be among the technologies Intel officials will talk about
during the chip makers upcoming annual Intel Developer Forum.
Jasper Forest
is the processor technology that will bring Intels “Nehalem” microarchitecture
to the embedded, storage and communications se…


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‘Westmere` to Be a Focus of IDF

August 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Intels upcoming 32-nanometer “Westmere” processor, aimed at desktops and notebooks, will be a key topic of discussion at the Intel Developer Forum in September, according to an Intel blog. The six-core chip will include such features found in the 45-nm “Nehalem” chips as Turbo Boost, as well as improved virtualization capabilities. Some of the chips also will have hyperthreading capabilities, enabling them to process two instruction threads simultaneously.
– Intels 32-nanometer “Westmere” processor, the next step in the chip makers
“Nehalem” architecture, looks to be a focus of the upcoming Intel Developers
Forum next month.
In a blog
post Aug. 19, Ken Kaplan, a member of Intels corporate communications
team, noted that consumers and corporations w…



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