Available in three different configurations, customers can choose a Mac mini with the latest dual-core Intel Core i5 or Intel Core i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD 6630M discrete graphics, or a quad-core Intel Core i7 powered server configuration.
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That'll pit it against offerings from VIA and others, while offering considerably more oomph in a similar form factor -- though a mini-server slaying Core i5 option originally proposed by Intel was dropped.
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As server processors form a core business for Intel, the stock is quite sensitive to (1) Intel Server Processor Market Share and (2) Intel Server Processor Pricing.
Munson, for example, is concerned that Apple's server and hard-core desktop products got short-shrift during Jobs' keynote.
That means a server could have eight dual-core processors running at 4.7 GHz each.
Similarly, Apple bumped up the specs on its Xserve, slotting a pair of 45-nanometer quad-core Xeon's into its rack-mounted server.
First, the STRIVA Core is a miniature battery-powered computer that functions as a web server coupled with an assortment of Wi-Fi components powerful enough to make any device wireless.
Advanced Micro Devices this week announced a plan to begin developing ARM-based processors targeted at the server market, in an attempt to diversify away from the core battle with Intel for the x86 PC processor market.
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Intel, in its latest quarterly earnings reported better than expected average selling prices (ASPs) for its notebook and server processors, led by a fast ramp up of its new Core product series and Nehalem EX series.
Intel previewed its quad-core Tigerton processor way back in October of last year, but the company has just now let all that server-specific power loose on the general populace, with a couple of slightly scaled back versions also thrown in for good measure.
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