Intel Touts 'Nehalem' Micro-Architecture For Business
Intel (INTC) on Tuesday unveiled details of its next-generation micro-architecture for business computers, codenamed Nehalem, and outlined new technologies for hardware-based security.
Patrick Gelsinger, senior VP and general manager of Intel's digital enterprise group, outlined for attendees at the Intel Developer Forum the boosts in speed and performance they can expect from Nehalem, which is scheduled to be introduced in the first quarter of 2008 with the release of 20 new processors built on the new architecture. The chips can host up to eight cores and are expected to be installed in next-generation rack servers, blade servers, workstation PCs.
