Intel has recently launched its latest quad-core processor, the Xeon 5300. The Xeon 5300 was reported to have a significant 50 percent improvement on performance, if compared to the current Xeon 5100 processor. And the best part is, these 2 chips are being sold at the same price. This latest Xeon 5300 is sold at $455 for a
1.60GHz processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus and 8 MB of cache. It's running at 80 watts. There are three other models ranging in price from $690 to $851 to $1,172 for the top end, 2.66GHz X5355 processor with a 1333 MHz front-side bus with 8MB of cache and consuming 120 watts. Although this sounds like a powerful feature, but, it is doubtful if there are a lot of machines will be able to cope with this development yet. IBM unveils servers running Intel quad-core chips
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