Xeon processor

Source : CIOl

This month we got an opportunity to get our hands on the latest Intel's 45 nm based Xeon processor codenamed Harpertown. We received a complete rack mountable server with two 3.0 GHz quad core Harpertown processors, 16 GB RAM, and two 200 GB Sata hard-disk connected through a PCI-X RAID controller.

We ran a set of tests to see the performance of the server and got some really amazing results. But before we talk about the tests, results, and performance of the server, let's first understand what is this new processor 'Harpertown' all about.