Intel To Announce Low End Xeons

According to News.com.com, Intel is expected to debut its Xeon 3000 processors at the Intel developer forum. Isn’t saying low-end Xeon an oxymoron? Kinda like saying high-end Celeron? Not any more.

The Xeon 3040, 3050, 3060 and 3070 processors, expected to ship this month, are geared for uniprocessor servers that typically use Pentium D processors. The 3000 series is based on the Core microarchitecture, which improves the performance and electrical power efficiency of Intel processors, compared with NetBurst-era chips such as Pentium D.