Intel Prepping 40 New Xeons for the First Half of 2012

By Douglas Perry
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Intel is preparing a wave of new server processors for the first half of 2012: 20 new CPUs in Q1 and another 20 new models in Q2, according to Digitimes.

There will be seven 8-core CPUs in the first quarter, including the Xeon E5-2690, two 6-core processors (Xeon E5-1660 and 1650) as well as three quad-core processors including the E5-2609 and dual-core processor E5-2637.

For Q2, Intel has apparently scheduled eleven Ivy Bridge H2-series CPUs and seven additional Xeon processors, including the Xeon E5-2470. There will also be several low-power models, including the eight-core Xeon E5-2650L and six-core E5-2630L, both of which will debut in Q1, as well as the Xeon E5-2450L and six-core E5-2430L in Q2.

Douglas Perry
24 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Marco925
    I wanna see some benchmarks.
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  • salgado18
    Is it just me, or those names still make no sense?
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  • CaedenV
    mmmmm... duel 8 core with hyperthreading :) 16 cores, 32 threads of pure joy to match with 64GB of Ram. That would be fun if only I could afford it.
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  • JohnnyLucky
    Geez! That seems like an awful lot of cpu's.
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  • austinwillis81
    and now im even more confused on server cpu name
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  • drumsrule786
    I wouldn't mind a 16 core editing/gaming build. Too bad it would cost $5000 probably
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  • eddieroolz
    It would be so nice to be able to do a Xeon build, without breaking the bank.
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  • wolfej26
    These are the sandy bridge based server CPUs, correct?
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  • FloKid
    If AMD releases 50 new processors I think they will win.
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  • wolfej26
    Nevermind, I'm apparently blind and can't read the Ivy Bridge part.
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