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Quad-Core Processors Bring Higher Performance and Lower Cost to Mainstream Computing

Overview This paper explores the market adoption of and customer value proposition and adoption plans for the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series since its market introduction in 2006, focusing on workloads that are designed to run on multicore and multisocket platforms. In addition to discussing the range of workloads, IDC has interviewed customers who are adopting the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series to learn about the IT requirements that they are addressing and the deployment patterns found in those sites.

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Publisher	IDG (International Data Group)	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Processors

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