Xeon

Intel's enterprise processor

Xeon is Intel's brand of processors designed for servers, workstations, and enterprise computing.

Unlike consumer chips, Xeons are built for heavy workloads—running databases, hosting websites, rendering graphics professionally.

The company upgraded to Xeon processors for their data center.

The name suggests advanced technology without meaning anything specific.

architecture

microarchitecture

CPU's internal component organization

threads · cache · socket · die · instruction set · turbo boost · nanometer · fabrication · transistor · scalability

competitors

Intel

Semiconductor corporation from California

  • AMDProcessor and GPU manufacturer
  • PentiumIntel microprocessor line
  • CeleronEntry-level Intel microprocessor

ARM · PowerPC

server

workstation

Technical computing system

enterprise · cloud computing · server farm · redundancy · uptime · reliability · benchmarking · throughput · parallel processing · rendering

Opposites
market segment

XeonPentium

Intel microprocessor line

Celeron

computing paradigm

Xeonmicrocontroller

Integrated circuit with processor

Raspberry Pi

Family

xenophobia, xenon, xenophobic, xenophobe, xenograft, xenophile, xenobiology, xenomorphic

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G