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Intel to show off new Xeon chip for server computers

Intel Corp will display a new microprocessor for server computers at a conference today as the biggest chipmaker tries to widen its offerings for the machines that dish up Web pages.

The latest Xeon chips, based on the design of Intel's Pentium4 for personal computers, and a chipset to help work with the rest of a server together bolster performance by as much as 80 percent, said Lisa Hambrick, an Intel marketing director.

These Xeons are aimed at low-end servers, where Intel said it holds 92 percent of the market. Another model for even more-powerful servers is due out later this quarter, Hambrick said. "The Xeon is sort of the anchor product for that side of their technology," said John Enck, an analyst with Gartner Inc. "The release really represents moving the Pentium4 technology into the server."
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