In September 2008, Intel Corporation introduced the new Intel Xeon Processor 7400 Series, formerly code-named 'Dunnington'. The 7400 Series is the combination of the Penryn microarchitecture and 45nm Hi-k process technology to the Expandable (MP or multi-processor) segment with scaling up to 16 sockets.

With up to six processing cores per chip and 16MB of shared cache memory, applications built for virtualised environments and data demanding workloads, such as databases, business intelligence, enterprise resource planning and server consolidation, experience dramatic performance increases of almost 50 per cent in some cases.

How long did it take to develop this product? How many people were involved in the project?

Intel India Development Center has 2,500 employees from across various groups, but we don't break down the group numbers. The design and product development took about two years.

Image: Dunnington Die. | Photograph, courtesy: Intel India

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