Intel is expected to launch a low-end version of its Xeon processor based on the Core 2 Duo at the fall Intel Developer Forum, which kicks off this week.
Expected to be branded Xeon 3000, system builders said the CPU effectively will replace the Pentium D that some system manufacturers?including top-tier vendors such as Dell and IBM?have been using to power entry-level servers for small businesses.
Intel has teamed up with a Taiwanese motherboard vendor to tap China's burgeoning Internet cafe market, on the heels of a similar announcement earlier this year by rival AMD.
Intel China and Elitegroup Computer Systems are taking the battle to system administrators at Chinese Internet cafes, offering the latest version of Intel's network management software designed for Net cafes, as well as motherboards with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo chips on board.
Intel, one of the State's largest employers with over 5,500 permanent and contract staff, is expected to announce worldwide job cuts of at least 10,000 employees - or a tenth of its staff - on Tuesday. Karlin Lillington and Mark Brennock report.
ALL PCs with the Centrino logo or any computer using an Intel Wireless Ethernet adapter must update their PROSet software and drivers found here or your computer can be remotely hijacked. An update was released earlier this month but that version was found to leak memory and cause PC slowdown. It is absolutely critical for IT departments and individual users to update their PROSet software and drivers.
A software update for Intel wireless hardware is faulty and can hog PC memory, Intel acknowledged Thursday. A fix is due on Friday.
The problem affects the Intel PROSet software version 10.5, Amy Martin, an Intel spokeswoman, said. The PROSet software accompanies Intel's drivers that run the company's wireless hardware on PCs.
"One of the processes used by the Intel PROSet software was not releasing the (file) handles correctly, which caused more and more memory to be used by the process," Martin said. As a result, a PC slows down, she said.
Intel's Core architecture now underlies mobile, desktop and server chips, and is a major departure from the Pentium 4's NetBurst design.
During yesterday's launch of the next-generation Core 2 Duo processors, the company said that it expects its new Merom mobile chips in laptops by the end of August, despite an announcement that it has already begun shipping final silicon to its partners, as noted by AppleInsider. The new Core 2 Duo chips sport a larger 4MB L2 cache and boast 64-bit processing for improved performance, while boosting efficiency--they require the same power at similar clock-speeds to previous-generation chips.
Intel Corporation has unveiled 10 Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors for consumer and business desktop and laptop PCs and workstations.
The tech market has been buzzing for months, anticipating Intel's next processor launch. The industry's worst-kept secret is out: Intel's Core 2 Duo processor (formerly Conroe) is here?finally. Perhaps, Intel couldn't contain itself. After all, who wouldn't be boastful: this new processor is, in a word, fast.The anticipation surrounding this processor isn't solely because of the new architecture and features; the focus is on the promise of faster speeds?the very benchmark numbers columnist John Dvorak writes will be a source of controversy in his article "The Conroe Effect".
Intel has disclosed details of the Core 2 Duo desktop processors it will make available later this month. Core 2 Duo is a key component of Intel's forthcoming vPro corporate desktop platform, which is designed with enhanced management capabilities and better support for virtualisation.
The dual-core chip, formerly codenamed Conroe, will ship in four initial speed grades; the E6700, E6600, E6400 and E6300. These are clocked at 2.67GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.13GHz and 1.86GHz, respectively. A further model, the Core 2 Extreme X6800, is aimed at enthusiasts and clocked at 2.93GHz.
