Intel's new Dual-Core Xeon Processor 5100 is the latest arsenal from Intel's lab to regain their CPU market share from AMD's Opteron processor. Intel says the new Xeon more than doubles the performance of its previous top-of-the-line server chip while drawing 40% less power. Now that's pretty efficient and even Disney's Pixar Animation Studios used it recently in the making of the hit movie, Cars.Intel will now focus on its main business of supplying chips for PCs and computer servers and this can be seen last Monday when they said they will sell its division that makes processors for handheld gadgets to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. for $600 million in cash.
Intel said the new chips, which feature two computing cores, or "brains" on a single chip, also outperformed AMD's top Opteron product on more than 25 benchmarks commonly used to compare competing computers.
One allows the chip to draw less current by shutting off parts when they're not needed. Another feature adds so-called virtualisation capabilities to the chip so administrators have more control over how tasks are doled out to various parts of their networks.
Intel's new Dual-Core Xeon Processor 5100
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