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/ Adam Richardson

Pentium II Xeon Processors Announced

Intel Corporation today introduced a new family of branded processors designed to meet the demanding requirements of mid-range and higher servers and workstations.

Pentium II Xeon Processors Announced is the story today, and it fits right into the fast-moving PC gaming pileup of June 1998. Intel Corporation today introduced a new family of branded processors designed to meet the demanding requirements of mid-range and higher servers and workstations. The new Pentium® II Xeon processors features technical innovations specifically designed for workstations and servers which utilize demanding business applications such as Internet services, corporate data warehousing, digital content creation, electronic and mechanical design automation. For players keeping one eye on patches, demos, hardware, and whatever the big studios are cooking up next, this is exactly the kind of update that can disappear in a day and matter a month later. Welcome to PC gaming, where the news moves faster than most download mirrors.