The quad-core chips that have sat at the top of the microprocessor heap for two years are about to begin to be replaced by their bigger, burlier older brother - the 6-core processor.

Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corp.'s Digital Enterprise Group, this afternoon announced that the company is set to release its 6-core Xeon processor for expandable servers in September. Dubbed Dunnington, the Xeon processor X7460 will be built with Intel's new 45-nanometer Penryn technology, the company said.

"The big cache and six cores will give customers a nice bump in performance," Gelsinger said previously. "We're quite excited about it.".......


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