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Det verkar som att Intel ångrade sig och tillslut släppte 2Ghz varianten av Xeon.

Intel Corporation today introduced the 2 GHz Xeon processor, based on the NetBurst microarchitecture, for dual processor, high-performance workstations and is expected to achieve performance increases of more than 10 percent over existing 1.7 GHz Xeon processors. [Even though 2 GHz is about 18 percent greater than 1.7 GHz.]

A number of workstation manufacturers worldwide -- including Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett Packard, IBM and NEC -- are expected to start shipping platforms based on the new processor this quarter -- many starting today. According to industry analyst firm International Data Corporation, Intel-based workstations accounted for 68 percent of all workstation shipments in the second quarter of 2001.

The Intel Xeon processor platform is based on the Intel 860 Chipset. This chipset features dual RDRAM memory banks, which provide up to 3.2 gigabytes of data per second. In the future, faster clock speeds and larger cache configurations will provide further headroom for computation, graphical and I/O-intensive workloads.

The Intel Xeon processor at 2 GHz with 256 KB level two Advanced Transfer Cache is priced at $615 in 1,000-unit quantities.