SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. has dropped a 0.18-micron version of its Xeon microprocessor line for dual-processor servers, but it has accelerated the introduction of 0.13-micron chips targeted at the same computer segment.
Instead of rolling out the 0.18-micron Xeon--which is based on Pentium 4 processor platform design--Intel now plans to accelerate the introduction of its code-named "Prestonia" chip series.
Also based on the Pentium 4 platform, the Prestonia central processor unit is a 2.2-GHz Xeon chip, with 512-kilobytes of cache memory. Geared for servers, Prestonia CPU will be rolled out in early first quarter of 2002, confirmed a spokesman for Intel. Originally, the processor was supposed to be out by the latter part of 1Q of 2002, the spokesman said.
Intel decided to scrap the 0.18-micron Xeon chip, because the product introduction fell too close with Prestonia, the spokesman said.
The move also follows Intel's fast--and successful--ramp of its 0.13-micron technology. The company's 0.13-micron ramp "is healthy and going well," the spokesman said.
After the introduction of the Prestonia processor, the company plans to introduce another chip in the second half of 2002. Code-named Gallatin, the processor is a 0.13-micron, Pentium 4 platform designed for use in multiprocessor applications.
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