1H2012: Intel to unveil 40 new server processors.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Intel is set to launch 40 new processors including those for its upcoming Romley platform, in the first half of 2012 with the company to release 20 models each quarter.

In the first quarter, Intel will release two six-core processors Xeon E5-1660 and 1650 and a quad-core processor priced at US$1,080, US$583 and US$294, respectively and will launch seven eight-core processors including Xeon E5-2690, four six-core processors including E5-2640, three quad-core processors including E5-2609 and dual-core processor E5-2637.

In the second quarter of 2012, Intel will release 11 Ivy Bridge-H2 series CPUs including Xeon E3-1290v2, priced between US$189-884 and seven more processors including Xeon E5-2470, priced between US$192-1,440.

As for its low-power consumption platform, Intel will release eight-core Xeon E5-2650L, six-core E5-2630L, priced at US$1,106 and US$662 in the first quarter, and will launch Xeon E5-2450L and six-core E5-2430L priced at US$1,106 and US$662.

Intel announced transistor Ivy Bridge design revolution.Video

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.


Intel announced “a significant breakthrough in the evolution of the transistor,” with the intention to take a transistor with a three-dimensional structure into high-volume manufacturing for the first time. 

Called Tri-Gate, the 3D design  will be used in an Intel chip codenamed 'Ivy Bridge,' which it says will be able to operate at a lower voltage with lower leakage, “providing an unprecedented combination of improved performance and energy efficiency compared to previous state-of-the-art transistors.” 

 The company said the 22nm 3D Tri-Gate transistors will provide up to 37 percent performance increase at low voltage versus Intel’s 32nm planar (2D) products, which means they are “ideal for use in small handheld devices.” Ivy Bridge is set to be ready for high-volume production readiness by the end of this year.

According to Intel, scientists have long recognised the benefits of a 3D structure to sustain the pace of Moore’s Law, as dimensions become so small that physical laws become barriers to development. 

It began its work on the Tri-Gate transistor in 2002, with the announcement it is set to use the technology in production chips following “years of development in Intel’s highly coordinated research-development-manufacturing pipeline.”