New quad-core Xeon 7300 series scales up to 32 processors
Intel yesterday took its quad-core Core 2 architecture to the high-end multi-CPU server sector with the launch of six new Tigerton Xeon 7300 series processors. The new quad-core Xeon 7300 series features scalability up to 32 processors for a total of 128 CPU cores.
Intel offers the quad-core Xeon 7300 series in three different thermal envelopes and cache sizes. The company offers the processor in 8MB, 6MB and 4MB cache sizes. Intel bins the processors in 50-Watt, 80-Watt and 130-Watt thermal envelopes.
Intel Quad-Core Tigerton 8MB
| Model
|
Core
Frequency | L2
Cache
| TDP | Price
| |
X7350 | 2.93 GHz
| 8MB | 130W
| $2301
| | E7340 | 2.40 GHz
| 8MB |
80W
| $1980
| | L7345 | 1.86 GHz | 8MB | 50W
| $2301
|
Intel reserves its 130-Watt thermal envelope for the speed topping X7350 with its 2.93 GHz clock speed while regular E7340, E7330, E7320 and E7310 models have 80-Watt TDPs. The company only has one low-power 50-Watt variant for launch – the L7345 with its 1.86 GHz clock speed.
Intel Quad-Core Tigerton
| Model
|
Core
Frequency | L2
Cache
| TDP | Price
| |
E7330 | 2.40 GHz
| 6MB | 80W
| $1391
| | E7320 | 2.13 GHz
| 4MB |
80W
| $1177
| E7310
| 1.60 GHz | 4MB | 80W
| $856
|
All new quad-core Xeon 7300 models operate on a 1066 MHz front-side bus featuring a new point-to-point bus architecture, allowing each processor to have its own connection directly to the chipset.
Expect server manufacturers to announce servers featuring the quad-core Xeon 7300 series in the coming weeks.
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