Intelhas launched itsPenrynrange of power-efficient microprocessors, which are
designed to deliver better virtualisation.
The company has partnered with 40 original equipment
manufacturers to distribute Penryn-based Xeon and Core 2
processors.
HP and Lenovo have announced desktops with Penryn-based quad-core
Xeon 5400 processors, with more server announcements
expected.
Penryn systems will consume less than 120 watts. Penryn-based
notebooks that are due in the first quarter of 2008 will use 25
watts. By comparison, today's notebooks consume 35 watts of
power.
As well cutting down on power usage, Penryn processors jump to
higher clock rates and feature cache and design improvements that
improve the processors performance compared with earlier 65-nm
processors, an Intel spokesman said.