According to Cnet, Intel is set to release a native six-core Xeon processors on the 15th of September which so far has been known as Dunnington, although the official name will be the Xeon 7400-series. The processors will be manufactured at 45nm and will feature a shared 16MB L3 cache.

The new Xeon 7400-series will be socket compatible with systems using the Xeon 7300-series of processors which allows for easy upgrades. The processors in question are Xeon MP parts intended for systems using four or more CPU sockets.

We've already reported on the pricing in the past, but we'll highlight it again, as the top of the range model, the Xeon X7460 set you back a massive US$2,651 and considering that the intention is to stick four of these into one server, we're talking mega bucks here, although there are cheaper models as well.

In saying that, you'll end up with a very compact 24-core server, which might be what a lot of big corporations have been waiting for. These days it's all about fitting as many CPU cores into one server, as rack space at data centers are not getting any cheaper.

You can find the Cnet article here

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