Intel set to show off 'Footballers' Wives' four-core line

The server and PC markets will get glitzy and awful hot in a couple of weeks when Intel pushes out its four-core chips.

Both Kentsfield for high-end PCs and Clovertown for servers should officially arrive on Nov. 14, although review sites will be freed from their NDAs on Nov 1, sources tell us. The Kentsfield chip will pair two Conroe processors together and ship as the Core 2 Extreme Qx6700. Meanwhile, the Clovertown part marries two dual-core Woodcrest versions of Xeon and will ship as the Xeon 5300.
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