Intel is looking to create a new category in the server space: the "microserver." During his keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum here Sept. 22, Sean Maloney, newly installed executive vice president and general manager of the chip maker's Intel Architecture Group, unveiled two low-power new versions of its Xeon 3400 line, a 45-watt model that will roll out later this year and a 30-watt chip that will come out in the first quarter of 2010.
Maloney also expanded on other plans Intel has for its server offerings, from the high-end Itanium processors to a collection of Xeons with varying degrees of graphics capabilities.
The microserver space will grow in importance as businesses continue to adopt such computing models as cloud computing and technologies like virtualization, driving demand for smaller servers that are relatively cheap and consume low amounts of power.
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