Intel To Reveal 8-Core Nehalem-Based Xeon Next Month


Supposedly Intel’s executives will discuss an eight-core, 16-thread Xeon processor based off of 45-nanometer technology at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month. Speculation around the chip suggests that it will be Intel’s Nehalem EP processor, a chip designed for dual-socket workstations and servers. The EP, which is scheduled for a release in early 2009, will use Intel’s Quick Path Interconnect, removing all need for a front-side bus and letting more data flow between the processor and the system. It will also feature an integrated memory controller.

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