Founder INTEL is currently in a phase D’analyzes. The chairman of the company, Paul Otellini, decided to plunge during one 90 days time to re-examine in-depth the operation of L’undertaken. The goal of the manœuvre is to calculate the costs of each unit of the firm, then to locate those D’between them which are financially weak.
Otellini also reconsidered the new family of processors which will leave this summer. Let us point out that this new family comes mainly from L’structures Core Duo, itself derived from Pentium-M. These new processors are as follows: Merom for the portable computers, Conroe for the machines of office and Woodcrest for the waiters.
The chairman D’INTEL specified that the first of these processors to being launched would be Woodcrest, and this, as of June. Its introduction will be fast bus INTEL intends to convert 75% of the lines of production of Xeon DP towards Woodcrest for the fourth quarter. It was time for INTEL to refresh its offer intended for the waiters. An offer judged by certain analysts like inadequate vis-a-vis with L’offensive D’AMD in this field.
The Woodcrest processors, which one does not know the official name yet, will be engraved in 65nm with a future evolution with 45nm. INTEL specifies well that henceforth, all its processors will be optimized for the performances by Watt, which shows L evolution’well and the turning operated with respect to Pentium 4 and of its derivatives. Paul Otellini specified D’elsewhere than teams D’engineers worked already on two next microarchitectures.
L’arrived of Conroe in July will probably mark the return D’INTEL in the field of the machines of office where L’Athlon 64 became a reference for certain categories D’purchasing, in particular players. With preliminary tests showing qu’INTEL can really ram the pawn with AMD on the ground of the performances, Conroe will also post a quite less consumption and a thermal consequently release.
Merom will make its appearance in August, always according to Paul Otellini. It should arrive at point named for the renewal of the ranges D’portable computers with the next school re-entry. INTEL specifies D’elsewhere than Merom will not be included solely in portables and than more D’one hundred of design from now on is planned for the processor.
L’together of these processors will be equipped with two Cœurs. Processors which cost for the moment more expensive to produce than the traditional models, but these production costs will drop quickly, and INTEL done the housework currently in these stocks by preparing consequent falls on the tariffs of the current processors.
