Stealthy as a centipede, Intel Corporation has begun shipping its highest-clocked 45nm dual-core processor yet, the Xeon X5270. Coming in an LGA771 package, the new server CPU is set to 3.5 GHz, has a FSB of 1333 MHz, 6 MB of L2 cache and a TDP of 80W.

According to Intel's menu, the 3.5 GHz Xeon is priced at $1,172 (price for 1000-unit tray quantities).