Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2001/11/14/intel_launches_blade_pentium_iii/
Intel launches ‘blade’ Pentium III
Low-power Tualatin comes to ultra-dense servers, as predicted
Posted in Channel, 14th November 2001 11:23 GMT
Intel unveiled its Ultra-low Voltage Pentium III server processor this week, as anticipated.
The 700MHz chip, which we've reported on before, in the run-up to Comdex and in our Intel Server Roadmap, is a 0.13 micron Tualatin PIII, primarily aimed at the notebook market.
But like Transmeta's portable-oriented Crusoes, the ULV PIII is equally applicable to very high-density servers, so Intel has decided to punt the chip in that direction too. Well, it can't have Transmeta nibbling away at its market-share, can it?
No, it can't, and hence yesterday's launch. The chip contains 512KB of L2 cache, like other Tualatins, and operates at between 0.95V and 1.1V. ®
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