Today Intel revealed many details concerning it's two Xeon processors families which will feature quad-cores. One of the processor families will be aimed at the desktop market and the other at the server market.
Clovertown - Xeon 5000 Series
Clovertown which is aimed for the server market is set to be released later this year and the line-up looks as follows:
- X5355 | 2.66GHz | 1.33GHz FSB | 8MB L2 Cache | $1172
- E5345 | 2.33GHz | 1.33GHz FSB | 8MB L2 Cache | $851
- E5320 | 1.86GHz | 1.06GHz FSB | 8MB L2 Cache | $690
- E5310 | 1.60GHz | 1.06GHz FSB | 8MB L2 Cache | $455
All prices for batches of 1000 units
Kentsfield - Xeon 3000 Series
According to Intel roadmaps the launch of Clovertown will be preceded by Kentsfield the desktop market equivalent.
The family consists of four processors one of which was recently announced as the Core 2 Quadro.
- QX6700 | 2.66GHz | 1.06GHz FSB | 2x4MB L2 Cache
- Q6600 | 2.4GHz | 1.06GHz FSB | 2x4MB L2 Cache |
- X3220 | 2.4GHz | 1.06GHz FSB | 8MB L2 Cache | $851
- X3210 | 2.13GHz | 1.06GHz | 8MB L2 Cache | $690
All prices for batches of 1000 units
Kentsfield appears to be set for release in Early 2007.
[Update - 26/9/2006 19.30 BST] Intel has made some last minute changes to it's roadmap, processors that were set to be called Core 2 Quadro have been renamed to the Core 2 Quad.