In May, at its spring analysts meeting for the business community, Intel president Paul Otellini said that Intel was building the capability for its 64-bit extensions into Prescott. At the time, he said that Intel wouldn't enable the feature until Microsoft released a 64-bit version of Windows; that operating system is expected later this year.
Now, in the wake of the release of the IBM blade servers, an Intel spokesman says it is not releasing the 64-bit enabled Prescott as a retail processor. Instead, it is offered as an OEM part intended for use in servers, not desktops.
As for IBM's non-Prescott boxes released, they include six eServer xSeries systems based on the Intel 3.6-GHz 64-bit Xeon.
Separately, Dell is releasing four new PowerEdge servers equipped with the Xeon. The rollouts mark the first Tier 1 servers for the new 3.6-GHz Xeon.
IBM is painting the new servers as its biggest product rollout for the line since it was launched four years ago.
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