The largest manufacturer of processors, the company is Intel, began sampling last iteration Nehalem processors, code-named Jasper Forest. Steve Smith (Steve Smith), vice president and head of Intel Digital Enterprise Group, announced that commenced limited production of these processors, stressing that the I / O controller, embedded processor in 45nm Jasper Forest, making it more energy efficient. Intel says that, according to tests, the new quad-core Xeon processors need to 27W less power than conventional Nehalem.

Since I / O functions are usually involved in a separate controller, the integration of the controller in the processor not only reduces system power consumption, but also frees up space on the motherboard. "We have removed quite a big chip and save energy by embedding the input / output of our chip", ─ "Smith said. ─ "Jasper Forest is made based on Nehalem, but it is built right peripherals for communications and storage of high class, similar to those used in data centers. Nehalem for Using embedded high-class, we will save board space and energy."

Smith added that the characteristics of the new chip will be similar to those of the existing Xeon processor-based architecture Nehalem, and that Jasper Forest is another step in Intel's packing the greatest possible number of functions on one piece of silicon. According to Smith, the next processor supports PCI Express.

Processors Jasper Forest will be released in single-core, dual-core and quad-core versions, designed for embedded systems, communication systems and systems for data storage. These processors will begin to appear on the market early next year. Processor Clarksfield, also made based on the Nehalem architecture on 45nm process technology and has a built-in I / O Controller, is designed for use on the market of mobile devices.