2/02/2012 07:59:00 PM
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Looks like Intel is not lagging in its development of micro-server central processing units, having just started sample shipments of its first Atom-based system-on-chip.
Anyone wondering what exactly Intel was working on besides the recently benchmarked Core i7 3770K high-end Ivy Bridge CPU (and its family) now have their answer.
Right to the point, the Santa Clara, California-based company has begun shipping samples of its first system-on-chip devices based on the Atom micro-architecture.
It is aimed at so-called micro-servers, a market segment where ARM also wants to establish a presence as soon as possible.
When speaking of the chip, Jason Waxman, general manager of Intel’s data center group, said that the newcomer was “at a performance, power and cost level we like.”
The man also said that they already had an idea of what to offer with the successor of this processor.
“In 2013 we plan a part an order of magnitude above it,” the general manager said.
Operating on 10W of energy, the new chip is based on the Cedarview micro-architecture (constructed on the 32nm process technology) and has two cores.
Furthermore, it boasts 64-bit support, virtualization technology, error-correcting code and the PCI Express interface, plus Hyper-Threading.
SeaMicro and Habey are just two of the companies that will design products based on it (the other server players haven't been specifically mentioned).
“We take nothing for granted and expect ARM licensees to be formidable competitors,” said Andrew Feldman, founder and chief executive of SeaMicro.
“With 90 percent server market share, the ball’s in Intel’s court to be best in class, and we will use processors customers are demanding.”
Intel has an advantage in the fact that there are no 64-bit ARM chips on the market yet, but this situation isn't going to last for long. Now we can only wait and see how the Atom SoC and Xeon units coexist with rivals.
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