Dell has announced the specs for its first server blades, which it plans to launch in its third quarter. Most entrants in the emerging high-density blade server market, have launched with products featuring low power 700MHz Pentium III processors. Dell, however, has made its first foray into the segment by basing its PowerEdge 1655MC server on higher power 1.26GHz PIIIs. This means fewer servers can be packed onto a rack.

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