6 cores, lotsa cache for lotsa cash
CNet is saying that Intel is expected to announce its first six core Xeon processor on September 15th.
The "Dunnington" a.k.a. Xeon 7400 apparently has:
- six cores on one die
- Penryn based cores
- 16MB L3 shared cache
- 45nm high-k process
Mind you, this information is apparently based on what server vendors told Intel - who is either laughing at a successful disinformation campaign or sharpening knives for the server vendor once it locates the leak.