Intel made its case for transforming the data center Monday, launching its Nehalem-class Xeon 5500 and 3500 series of server chips with its entire ecosystem in tow at the chip maker's Santa Clara, Calif., campus.
More than 70 vendors and white-box builders were ready on launch day with some 230 new products built around the benchmark-busting processor, leading Intel to proclaim its new products -- seen here on a silicon wafer -- "transformational."
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