Geek.com Geek News – Intel’s new Xeons. “Intel announced limited availability of its newest Xeon

processors, running at 700MHz. The chips feature L2 cache sizes

of 1MB and 2MB, and unlike the older 550MHz Xeons that use

separate L2 cache chips, the L2 caches are built directly into

the chip die.” These chips run $1,980 apiece at present. Commentators note that the chips won’t be available in any quantity until the third quarter, making this a ‘paper’ rollout to offset Intel’s other woes in the press.