Intel: Next-gen Mac Pro Xeon chips ahead of schedule
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"Intel is set to start production of its next-generation Xeon quad-core server chips ahead of schedule, which could then appear in systems as early as the first quarter of next year, a company official said on Tuesday," Agam Shah reports for Macworld UK.
"The chips will be manufactured using the 32-nanometer process and be part of the Xeon 5000 line of processors. The chips will be based on the Westmere microarchitecture, and will carry numerous upgrades over Xeon server chips available today which are made using the 45-nm process," Shah reports.
"It's ahead of our expectations from a production, qualification and a ramp perspective. That's good news," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel's server platforms group during an interview at the Intel Developer Forum," Shah reports.
"Westmere adds a new instruction set for faster encryption and decryption of data called Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Skaugen said," Shah reports. "That could help secure data residing in servers and the cloud, he said."
"Intel is set to start production of its next-generation Xeon quad-core server chips ahead of schedule, which could then appear in systems as early as the first quarter of next year, a company official said on Tuesday," Agam Shah reports for Macworld UK.
"The chips will be manufactured using the 32-nanometer process and be part of the Xeon 5000 line of processors. The chips will be based on the Westmere microarchitecture, and will carry numerous upgrades over Xeon server chips available today which are made using the 45-nm process," Shah reports.
"It's ahead of our expectations from a production, qualification and a ramp perspective. That's good news," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel's server platforms group during an interview at the Intel Developer Forum," Shah reports.
"Westmere adds a new instruction set for faster encryption and decryption of data called Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Skaugen said," Shah reports. "That could help secure data residing in servers and the cloud, he said."