quad core xeon processor a dying breed????

liven

I was just delivering a script to another department when I overheard some of the security auditors arguing with a procurement fella.

The procurement guy was saying that quad core xeon procs were a dying breed...

And the security auditors were not believing a word he was saying...

Is there some new technology that is going to totally replace these processors? I mean something coming out (soon) or is already on the market?

please remember I am not as much of a hardware guy as I used to be. And it is so hard to keep up with the current hardware changes.

msnelgrove

Intels nehalem architecture is supposed to come out this fall, pretty much blowing everything else out of the water. Intel also just cut a lot of the quad core chips prices.

JDMurray

Intel doesn't have any of its multi-core Xeon processors marked for end-of-life, so that guy must have a different definition of "a dying breed." Maybe he just likes to spend money on bleeding-edge technology.

blargoe

We'll still be seeing quad cores being sold in new machines for a year or two I'm sure.

liven

JDMurray wrote:

Intel doesn't have any of its multi-core Xeon processors marked for end-of-life, so that guy must have a different definition of "a dying breed." Maybe he just likes to spend money on bleeding-edge technology.

That is what I am saying....

I think this guy just likes to hear himself talk.