Intel has unveiled faster server processors and a roadmap for
its multi-core processors, which it said could boost the
performance of the PC's memory architecture threefold.
On 17 September, Intel is planning to launch its first six-core
Xeon microprocessor. Intel said the processor has been designed to
deliver the highest performance in a virtualised environment.
Designed for expandable servers, the Intel Xeon processor X7460
offers six cores and 16Mbytes of L3 cache. An eight-socket IBM
System x 3950 M2 server became the first platform to break the one
million tpmC barrier on the
TPC-C benchmark.
Beyond the six-core processor family, the chip maker unveiled
its multi-core roadmap at last week's
Intel Developer's Forum in
San Francisco.
The next generation of multi-core chips include a technology
dubbed
QuickPath,
which connects processors, chipsets and memory together. Intel said
QuickPath would deliver up to three times the memory bandwidth of
previous generations of its Core architecture.