Intel debuts two new low-voltage 45nm Xeon CPUs

Posted on Tuesday, March 25 2008 @ 13:27 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel released two new low-voltage 45nm quad-core server processors today that run at 50W, or 12.5W per core. Both processors feature a 1333MHz FSB, the Intel Xeon L5420 is clocked at 2.50GHz and the L5410 at 2.33GHz.
Benefiting companies with power-constrained, high-compute density environments, the Quad-Core Intel Xeon L5400 processors are as much as 25 percent faster and have a 50 percent larger cache size than Intel's previous-generation, low-voltage Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, while at the same time maintaining the low 50-watt thermal envelope. The quad-core L5420 and L5410 processors run at 2.50 GHz and 2.33 GHz, respectively, and feature a unique 12 megabytes (MB) of on-die cache and dedicated 1333 MHz front side buses (FSB).

"Using Intel's hafnium-infused high-k metal gate transistors has allowed our quad-core 45nm low-voltage server chips to attain new heights in power-efficient performance," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel's Server Platforms Group. "These chips deliver the speed needed while using meager amounts of energy."
The L5420 and L5410 are priced at $380 and $320, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities.


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