Server 45nm Xeon products based on the Penryn core will be available into production for the second half of 2007. Intel's latest desktop guidance claims 45nm desktop SKUs will also launch in late 2007, with volume shipments occuring in 2008. As it stands right now,
only the mobile 45nm SKUs are expected to launch in 2008.
Penryn-based Xeon processors will utilize the same server platform as Xeon 5000, 5100 and 5300.
Nehalem, Intel's next-generation microarchitecture on the 45nm node slated for 2008,
will require new platform technology and is not compatible with the Penryn platform.
45nm quad-core Harpertown and dual-core Wolfdale were originally slated to spearhead the next-generation Xeon launch in Q1 2008. The existing Bensley platform, Intel 5000P chipset, will still provide the heavy lifting for volume dual-socket on 45nm Xeon. A new platform,
Cranberry Lake, will replace Bensley-VS for value dual-socket Intel platforms, and will support Harpertown and Wolfdale.
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