Intel expands its Xeon processor portfolio

CALIFORNIA, USA: In order to expand the Intel Xeon processor portfolio, Intel has designed new products to address the server requirements in terms of choice and flexibility. 

The company introduced twenty-eight processors across three product families. For the E5-4600 product family, eight processors from the Intel Xeon processor has been launched and nine processors from the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family designed to complement the already available Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family. The company also announced availability of eleven processors from the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v2 product family.

''Companies today are increasingly dependent upon Information Technology to deliver innovative products and services to customers. To satisfy the increasing diversity of IT needs and workloads, Intel is excited to offer additional processor options to enterprises of all sizes with the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600/2400 and E3-1200 v2 product families. Our new products feature the flexibility, value and performance that businesses demand in a market that is ever less tolerant of compromise. We are also continuing to drive momentum in the micro server market by introducing new lower power processors within the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v2 product family,'' said Boyd Davis, vice president and general manager of the Datacenter Infrastructure Group at Intel.

In quantities of 1000, the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 product family ranges in price from $551 to $3,616, Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family ranges from $188 to $1,440 and the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v2 product family ranges from $189 to $884.