ExtremeTech reports that Intel Corp. will formally announce their "Gallatin" enterprise processor this week

Gallatin, a member of Intel's Xeon family of server processors, was designed as a drop-in replacement to the existing "Foster" lineup, known by the same Xeon MP brand name as the new chips. Executives at Intel's customers say the increased cache - up to 512 Kbytes of level-2 cache, and up to 2 Mbytes of on-chip level-3 cache-and faster clock speeds will make the transition a rapid one.

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