"Since AMD had launched their Opteron series three years ago, Intel has had a greater challenge in the workstation and server environment. The competition between Intel and AMD will only stiffen as Advanced Micro Devices launches their Socket F LGA-1207 package for Opteron processors in the middle of August. However, to fight this competition coming out of Intel just weeks ago was Woodcrest. Intel's Woodcrest is a dual-core product and is found in the Xeon 5100 series. Woodcrest is a close server variant to the recently released Conroe desktop component for the Core 2 Duo processors, which we had offered a technical preview of earlier this month. Intel's Xeon 5100 series shares the Bensley platform with the dual-core Dempsey, which we have also examined extensively at Phoronix..."
