Date:01/07/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/07/01/stories/2003070104081800.htm

Business

Intel launches new processors

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE JUNE 30. Intel today introduced here, as part of its worldwide launch, the new Itanium 2 processors and Intel Xeon processors MP, for high-end enterprise computing.

Terming the new processors "do more with less'' enterprise architectures, the President of Intel India, Ketan Sampath, said more than 85 per cent of servers shipped today were based on Intel architecture according to industry analysis. The new products extend Intel's strength in multi-processor, business-critical server deployments, the high end of a company's computing data centre. Server with four or more processors accounted for more than 60 per cent of the total server market revenue last year. The Intel Xeon processor MP will deliver scalability with price performance for the enterprise application and mid-range data tier.

The Itanium processor family delivers flexibility for large-scale, data centre applications. The Supercomputing Research Centre at IISc here had been using Itium 2 since April, Mr. Sampath said.

The new processors would be made available in India with OEM partners who include HP, HCL, IBM and Wipro.