Intel Xeon 3200 Quad Core Processor Preview
Announced at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Jan. 8, 2007 and hitting the streets next month is the Xeon 3200 series. Following in the wake of the Xeon 3000 dual-core lineup, Xeon 3200  are quad-core processors are based on the Kentsfield CPU (see newsletter article Intel Quad Core Desktop Processors) and are optimized for entry level enterprise servers. The Xeon 3200 series will provide excellent performance margins with the four cores allowing computational scaling for multi-threaded applications never before seen in a single processor server system.

Xeon 3200 not only pack four execution cores into a nice one-way LGA 775 package but features just about every other current Intel processor technology including 65nm Core Microarchitecture, Virtualization Technology (VT), enhanced Intel speed step (EIST), a 1066MHz front side bus, and 8MB shared Level 2 cache.
Processors Spec Chart
  Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X3220 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X3210
ASI SKU# 57511 57512
Processor Number X3220 X3210
Process Technology 65 nanometer technology 65 nanometer technology
L2 Cache 8MB 8MB
L3 Cache NA NA
Clock Speed 2.40 GHz 2.13 GHz
Front Side Bus 1066 MHz 1066 MHz
System Type UP UP
Other Intel Technologies Execute Disable Bit,
Intel® 64,
EIST, QC,
Intel® Virtualization Technology		 Execute Disable Bit,
Intel® 64,
EIST, QC,
Intel® Virtualization Technology
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA6
Server Chipset Intel® 3000 Chipset,
Intel® 3010 Chipset		 Intel® 3000 Chipset,
Intel® 3010 Chipset
Workstation Chipset NA NA
Server Boards *see below for compatibility S3000PT,
S3000AH		 S3000PT,
S3000AH
sSpec Number SL9UP SL9UQ
Power 105W 105W
* Motherboard Compatibility
The Xeon 3200 Series will require compatible socket LGA 775 motherboards or barebones. Unfortunately a large number of the S3000AH (codenamed Aspen Hill) and S3000PT (codename Port Townsend) series motherboards and the 1530AH series barebones system already sold will not support the Xeon 32xx processor at all so you must be careful to order the correct supporting hardware first. In fact most customers with existing systems will probably not be able to perform a quad-core upgrade. However going forward all Xeon 3000 platforms will be made compatible. Full details on compatible Intel hardware is below.
ASI has created new SKU to reflect quad-core updated products:
ASI SKU Intel Part # Description New Intel PN# New ASI SKU #
52347 S3000AH S3000AH Uni-Processor Motherboard S3000AH-QC 57563
52348 S3000AHLX S3000AHLX Uni-Processor Motherboard S3000AHLX-QC 57564
52350 S3000AHV S3000AHV Uni-Processor Motherboard S3000AHV-QC 57565
52377 SR1530AHNA SR1530AH 1U barebones SR1530AHNA-QC 57561
52379 SR1530AHLXNA

SR1530AHLX 1U barebones

 SR1530AHLXNA-QC 57562

Xeon 32xx = QC (quad-core)
Note: All Quad core supported products are backwards compatible with the older version. All products that we will be receiving going forward will be the Quad core version.