Intel launches 1MB L3 Xeon
Slashes line's prices too
Posted in Servers , 14th July 2003 12:00 GMT
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Intel today extended its Xeon DP processor line with a new 3.06GHz version containing 1MB of on-die L3 cache - double that of the previous generation of the chip - as anticipated.
The new Xeon lacks the Pentium 4's 800MHz effective bit rate frontside bus - the Xeon's FSB has an effective bit rate of 533MHz. But Intel claims the new chip performs more than 15 per cent faster than the previous top-of-the-range Xeon DP.
As forecast, the chip will cost $690 in batches of 1000. Intel yesterday cut the prices of similar Xeons by up to 34 per cent:
| Processor | Prev. Price | New Price | Change |
| 3.06GHz, 1MB L3, 533MHz FSB | $690 | ||
| 3.06GHz, 512KB L3, 533MHz FSB | $690 | $455 | -34% |
| 3GHz, 512KB L3, 400MHz FSB | $658 | $433 | -34% |
| 2.8GHz, 512KB L3, 533MHz FSB | $455 | $316 | -31% |
| 2.8GHz, 512KB L3, 400MHz FSB | $433 | $294 | -32% |
| 2.66GHz, 512KB L3, 533MHz FSB | $284 | $256 | -10% |
| 2.6GHz, 512KB L3, 600MHz FSB | $273 | $234 | -14% |
| 2.4GHz, 512KB L3, 533MHz FSB | $209 | ||
| 2.4GHz, 512KB L3, 400MHz FSB | $198 |
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