Xeon Woodcrest Preys On Opteron

Boy, I’d say that this following article is going to give AMD a ton to think about. Maybe I am jumping the gun a little here, but it sure feels like Intel is back with a vengeance.

Today marks a turning point for Intel. Despite of good overall profit and great headlines on advances in manufacturing, the firm has had to suffer from tremendous criticizm over the last 18 months. When compared to AMD processors, the Pentium and Xeon lines were regularly given a beating and are well known for their disproportional energy hunger. It was a matter of time until these drawbacks had to reflect on market shares and as this happened, stockholders certainly weren’t leaping for joy. Intel had to leap ahead, quickly.

The Core 2 microarchitecture shall change all that, and after months of hard work Intel wants to adjust everything that has been going sour. As of today, upcoming processors are promised to be faster and more efficient than the competitor’s products. The Xeon server processors starts off, Core 2 Duo for desktops and notebooks will follow later… Source: TH