In an effort to keep the pressure on rival Advanced Micro Devices, Intel on Monday launched a pair of new quad-core server processors that promise to crank out more performance per watt.

While the quad-core war between Intel (nasdaq: INTC – news – people ) and AMD may seem esoteric, technology sold at a premium for use in server rooms today will make its way to mass-market desktop systems tomorrow. Both Intel and AMD compete to make the so-called x86 processors that power the vast majority of the world’s computers.

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