Intel Unveils 50-Watt Quad-core Chips

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nce again, Intel is ramping up its quad-core lineup.
This time, the world's largest chip maker is scheduled to unveil a pair of Xeon quad-core processors with 50-watt thermal envelopes. This represents a 60 percent decrease in power use from early chips that had 120 thermal watt envelopes and a 38 percent drop from 80-watt models.
The Santa Clara, Calif., company will officially unveil these two new "Clovertown" quad-core processors on March 12. E-Week