Intel Rolls Out New Xeon Chips, Chip Sets

Intel Corp. on Monday rolled out a host of new Xeon microprocessors and chip sets, and OEMs are following with new workstations based on the technology.

Among the rollouts are four new Xeon processors for two-way servers and workstations at speeds of 2GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.6GHz and 2.8GHz, all with a 533 MHz front-side bus for between $198 and $455. The processors also feature hyperthreading, a technology that first appeared in Intel desktop chips earlier this year and which the company says can boost system performance by enabling a single chip to work as two virtual chips.

"This is a fairly large bump in the broadening of the Xeon processor," Richard Dracott, group director for Intel's Enterprise Platforms Group, said in a conference call from N.Y.

The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker also launched three new chip sets, including the E7501 for two-way servers, the E7505 for two-way workstations and the E7205 for single-processor, entry-level workstations that are based on Intel's Pentium 4 chip.

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