Intel unveiled its newest chips this week in announcing its new “Tulsa” server processors, the latest dual-core, 64-bit Xeon chips from the company. The firm also announced that its “Merom” mobile processors are now shipping to notebook manufacturers including Dell for its recently acquired Alienware unit, as well as Gateway and Toshiba. The dual-core Tulsa, or Xeon 7100, represents Intel’s mid-to-high end server offering and signals an effort to up the ante in its competition with rival Advanced Micro Devices.
Intel Pulls Wraps Off Server Chips, Awaits Merom-Powered Notebooks
Posted by: Jay Lyman August 29, 2006 02:07 PMIntel unveiled its newest chips this week in announcing its new “Tulsa” server processors, the latest dual-core, 64-bit Xeon chips from the company. The firm also announced that its “Merom” mobile processors are now shipping to notebook manufacturers including Dell for its recently acquired Alienware unit, as well as Gateway and Toshiba. The dual-core Tulsa, or Xeon 7100, represents Intel’s mid-to-high end server offering and signals an effort to up the ante in its competition with rival Advanced Micro Devices.