ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has announced that its latest general computing platforms will use the low voltage dual-core Intel Xeon processor code-named Sossaman, which has been developed specifically for communications industry.   

The collaboration heralds the first application of the dual-core processor on general computing platform in the Chinese communications industry. It highlights ZTE磗 research capability in the area of high performance processors, which will provide stronger support for the entire communications industry. 

The communications industry is calling for equipment that has more computing and data processing capability in order to meet the increasing demand for IPTV, 3G and other new applications. ZTE is committed to developing new general computing platforms for its products and solutions to help customers meet the unceasing challenges that accompany the age of network convergence through high performance processing products and technology that designed with new specialist applications in mind. 

ZTE has established a long-term strategic partnership with Intel, the leading global manufacturer and provider of chip technology and solutions. ZTE has been incorporating Intel磗 innovative processor technology into its communication equipment and solutions ever since Intel launched the 80386 micro-processor, powering the industry with chips that come continuously from Intel.  

On this specific cooperation, Intel will provide ZTE with its low voltage dual-core Xeon processor Sossaman, which it released in March 2006. Using the core code-named Yonah, the new processor has been redesigned specifically for the communications industry. It expands the internal address bus and can support memory up to 16GB. The enhanced data collation makes the processor more stable and reliable. In addition, the improved dual-core processor features dual-route on one base panel, i.e. a dual processor architecture that increases the capability of the platform by several times.

Power consumption has been one of the major concerns of communications operators. The fact that Sossaman consumes only one third or even one fifth the power of other versions of dual core Xeon� processors can effectively solve problems caused by over-heating at conventional Internet Data Centres (IDC) and achieve computing deployment with more density.   

"Intel磗 dual-core processor meets the feature requirements of our design of the next generation of general computing platforms," Li Huolin of ZTE commented. "Meanwhile, the advantage of low power consumption offered by the Intel dual-core processor architecture meets the needs of high density of the communications industry, reinforcing our confidence in Intel磗 high performance computing technology."

"ZTE has selected Intel磗 dual-core processor as the core processor for its new generation of computing platforms. This is testament to the fact that the features and power consumption levels of Intel dual-core processor meet the increasing demands for data processing and new services in the communications industry," Jin Guanghui, China Technical VP of Intel (China) Co. Ltd., said.  "With the enhancement in chip manufacturing, Intel will provide world-class communication equipment to manufacturers such as ZTE with strong support in areas of high performance computing."  

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