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AMD thinks Ryzen Threadripper 9000 wipes the floor with Intel

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:56:01 +0000

AMD is soon releasing its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series processors, and it expects to completely wipe the floor with Intel's Xeon W 60-core. Read more...

Intel demos super-intensive ChatGPT on cloud running on a single 5th Gen Xeon

Sayan Sen — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:11:33 +0000

Intel has teased a single 5th Gen Xeon running ChatGPT on the cloud. If you have been keeping up, you may be aware of how intensive that can be. The firm also teased the next-gen chip's performance. Read more...

Intel Xeon W processors to officially launch February 15

John Callaham — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:12:01 +0000

The Intel Xeon W2400 and W3400 series processors are highly expected to use the company's Sapphire Rapids silicon and will reportedly include as many as 56 cores, along with up to 105 MB of L3 cache. Read more...

Intel's 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors, dubbed Sapphire Rapids, launch January 10th

Steve Bennett — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:40:01 +0000

Intel has announced that it will be hosting a launch event for the 4th Generation of the Xeon Scalable processor, known as Sapphire Rapids, on January 10th 2023 with partners and customers. Read more...

Here's what Intel announced at the annual Supercomputing event

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:00:01 +0000

Intel has revealed more information about its upcoming Xeon processor codenamed Sapphire Rapids and the Ponte Vecchio GPU. It also revealed its plans for the Aurora supercomputer. Read more...

Intel announces new Xeon W-3300 processors with significant performance upgrades

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 22:52:01 +0000

Intel has announced its latest generation of Xeon W-3300 processors that are built on a brand new architecture and offer significant performance upgrades over the last generation. Read more...

Intel announces new Xeon W-series and Core X-series processors

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:32:01 +0000

Intel has announced a handful of new processors aimed at creative professionals and enthusiasts. The new Xeon W-2200 platform and Core X-series processors promise double the AI performance. Read more...

Intel's 28-core Xeon processor is now available

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:06:01 +0000

Intel's Xeon W-3175X processor for workstations is available today, offering 28 processing cores and 56 threads. The chipset is aimed at heavy tasks such as movie editing and 3D rendering. Read more...

Intel announces a 28-core Xeon processor and 18-core X-series CPUs

Rich Woods — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:26:01 +0000

Alongside of its new desktop CPUs, Intel also announced a new Xeon processor with 28 cores and 56 threads, and new X-series Core processors with up to 18 cores and 36 threads at its event today. Read more...

Intel announces security vulnerability in many of its modern processors

Rich Woods — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:26:01 +0000

Intel posted a bulletin regarding a security vulnerability that affects most of its modern chips, including 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-generation Core processors, along with Xeon, Atom, and Celeron chips. Read more...

Prices for Windows 10 downgrade rights may rise; workstation SKU pricing leaks

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:12:01 +0000

With Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, Microsoft may enforce new pricing and licensing requirements for systems with server-grade CPUs. Downgrade rights to Windows 7 and 8.1 may also see a price hike. Read more...

AMD defends its EPYC processor from a barrage of insults from Intel

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:32:01 +0000

The war of words has begun between the two chipmakers after Intel called the AMD EPYC processor 'glued together and inconsistent'. AMD didn't take this lying down, responding in a recent presentation. Read more...

Intel updates its 7th-gen processor lineup with quite a few additions

George Karmpoulonis — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:06:01 +0000

Intel announced several new CPUs last week in its 7th-gen processor lineup with additions across the board. The newcomers include several desktop Core i3 and mobile KBL-U models plus a Xeon CPU. Read more...

Intel calls AMD Epyc server processors 'glued together and inconsistent' during presentation

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:48:01 +0000

During a presentation promoting their new line of Server processors, Intel took shots at the new line of hardware from AMD and didn't mince words when it comes to its opinion of its biggest rival. Read more...

Apple's iMac Pro may pack Intel's server-class 'Purley' processor along with ARM coprocessor

Ehtisham Ul Haq Shams — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:56:01 +0000

Apple gave a sneak peak at its upcoming iMac Pro at WWDC 2017. A new report has come around, giving information about the processor powering the iMac Pro along with some additional details. Read more...

Intel launches new Atom chips, looks to 5G to change the world

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:16:01 +0000

Intel unveiled today a slew of new products and partnerships designed to be the basis for the upcoming 5G revolution. Between new chips and collaboration Intel seems poised to capture the 5G market. Read more...

Intel officially announces Skylake processor family

Moshe Jacobs — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:38:01 +0000

Intel finally unveils its range of Skylake processors from 4.5W to 65W for the 6th generation chips. From mobile to desktop, Intel's 6th generation processor family is in full swing. Read more...

Skylake processors for mobile workstations and mobile lineup surface

Moshe Jacobs — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:40:01 +0000

Intel is soon to introduce Skylake-H processors that are suited for mobile workstations and professional based laptops. Ranging from Celeron to Xeon, the much-anticipated CPU lineup has been leaked. Read more...

Xeon Phi, Intel's new “co-processor” for supercomputing

Alfonso Maruccia — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:46:04 +0000

The chipmaker introduced its new product for the HPC market dubbed “Xeon Phi”, a new “co-processor” that will work in tandem with Xeon CPUs to deliver new levels of performances. Read more...

Intel unveils new Xeon E7 CPU

Piers Hausjell — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:52:40 +0000

On Tuesday, chip maker Intel unveiled its latest server processor range, the Xeon E7. The company event went to the extreme by renting out an anterior bank and holding the press... Read more...

Intel to release dual-core Atoms this quarter after profits soar over 400%

Matt Blowes — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:50:32 +0000

Intel will be releasing the highly anticipated dual-core Atom processor this quarter. The announcement comes after the chip maker had an over 400% profit rise for the first quarter this year compared to the same... Read more...

HP Tech Day & ProLiant G6 Web Jam, video tour of HP Factory

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:36:32 +0000

Earlier this week I was the guest of HP at their Houston, Texas campus for two days. Monday I attended the HP Tech Day sessions with representatives from other sites around the world. We split... Read more...

Sun leaks 6-core Intel processor details

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:50:28 +0000

Late last month in Austria, Intel presented Sun with roadmaps discussing details of its upcoming server platforms, including the fairly secret Xeon Dunnington and Nehalem architectures. Unfortunately for some, this presentation ended up on Sun's... Read more...

Intel: Harpertown Xeon Performance Will Beat QC Opteron

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:49:05 +0000

In the only raw performance test figures revealed yesterday by Intel Senior Vice President Pat Gelsinger at Fall IDF in San Francisco, preliminary tests of the company's forthcoming quad-core "Harpertown" architecture Xeon 5400 show it... Read more...

New 4-Socket Xeon Targets Virtualization

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:20:13 +0000

Intel has unveiled its new 7300 and 7200 series Xeon processors as well as its new 7300 chipset today at a launch event in San Francisco. Previously known by their Tigerton and Clarksboro codenames, respectively,... Read more...

Intel Cranks Xeon Quad-core Processor up to 3GHz

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:52:38 +0000

Intel is giving its Xeon 5300 series a faster server processor and adding a second quad-core model with a 50watt thermal power envelope. Intel is ramping up its latest quad-core processor to 3.0GHz. Starting... Read more...

Quad-Core Xeon System Previewed

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:42:55 +0000

Tyan Computer is showing off one of the first hardware systems containing Quad-Core Xeon 5300 processors at the Intel Developer Forum here today. The device, aimed at small offices or home offices, carries several of... Read more...

Intel launches Xeon 7100 processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:30:40 +0000

[extended]Intel is fighting back to recover the performance crown from rival AMD with the launch of a range of dual-core server and notebook processors. Intel has launched eight Dual-Core Xeon 7100 series processors designed for... Read more...

Intel Officially Unveils Xeon 7100 Series "Tulsa" Processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:30:06 +0000

Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of chips, has unveiled its new dual-core microprocessors for high-end servers that use more than four chips. The new central processing units (CPUs), are based on the outdated NetBurst... Read more...

New Xeon 'Woodcrest' Core on June 26

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:03:32 +0000

Consider it official. Intel will be officially introducing the Xeon 5100 processor, the first version of a new generation of CPU's built on the firm's "Core" micro architecture on 26 June. The company is currently... Read more...

Intel Activates Xeon Virtualization Tech

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:10:11 +0000

Users with servers powered by Intel's "Paxville" Xeon MP processor can now activate the chip's virtualization capabilities. Speaking at a conference here on virtualization, Diane Bryant, vice president and general manager of Intel's Server Platforms... Read more...

OEMs Welcome Change in Xeon Schedule

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:00:56 +0000

Systems makers are embracing Intel Corp.'s plans to accelerate the delivery of dual-core Xeon processors, saying they will have servers ready to go when the chips are available. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday... Read more...

Intel Updates Intel Xeon Multiprocessor Platform

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:48:17 +0000

Intel Corp., as expected, introduced a breed of new platform components for multiprocessor servers. Targeted at the mid-tier enterprise market segment, the platform consists of five new Xeon MP processors for servers that use four... Read more...

Intel's dual-core Xeon due in 2006

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:21:22 +0000

Intel's first dual-core Xeon processor is scheduled to arrive in the first quarter of 2006, a company executive said Monday, meaning that a competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices will likely arrive several months... Read more...

Intel Preps 1066MHz Processor System Bus for Xeon Chips?

Tue, 25 May 2004 20:04:19 +0000

Intel may have plans to introduce Xeon processors for 2-way applications with 1066MHz bus next year and already discusses chipsets with support for such PSB with certain partners, The Register web-site reports. ... Read more...

Intel to Postpone Next-Generation Xeon Processors

Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:15:17 +0000

After Intel pushed its future-generation desktop Tejas chips at a later date last week, this was only a question of time when it transpired that DP server Xeon processors with "Jayhawk" core are also postponed... Read more...

Intel Xeon "Nocona" Pricing Revealed

Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:07:28 +0000

Intel Xeon "Nocona" Pricing Revealed The world's largest chipmaker Intel Corporation unveiled the pricing of Intel Xeon microprocessors based on Nocona core. The future chips made at 90nm nodes will be formally launched in... Read more...

Intel Xeon 3.20GHz 1M Goes Official

Tue, 07 Oct 2003 01:28:31 +0000

Thanks xStainDx. As expected, Intel Corporation today announced an enhanced Intel Xeon processor for dual processor servers and workstations, featuring the top performance and fastest clock speed in the Intel Xeon processor family DP line,... Read more...

Xeon vs Opteron: Memories Of The cache battle?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:11:45 +0000

THE MOST OFTEN cited aspect of the competition between Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron is the extra 64-bitness of the AMD platform, at a price competitive with the Xeons. Fine, yes, Opteron extends the X86... Read more...

Intel's Xeon MP faces tough Opteron competion

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:40:19 +0000

The AMD Opteron may hit Intel where it hurts, in its pocket. That's the message editor Kevin Krewell is promoting in the latest edition of the Microprocessor Report. Krewell says in the article... Read more...