[Info-vax] OT: Intel launches Nehalem server chips

[JF Mezei]

Neil Rieck wrote:

> SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – Intel Corp. is calling its Xeon 5500 processor
> series, announced Monday [Mar-30], the most significant server launch
> since its Pentium Pro processor in well over a decade,


Quickpath (aka: CSI) had been announced in early 2004 as a common
interconnect for both the 8086 and IA64 an was to be available in 2007.
Until recently, the plan was to have IA64 get it first so it would have
a period where it was ahead of the 8086.

Last I heard, the new IA64 systems won't come until 2010.