Keifer

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For the actor, see Kiefer Sutherland

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Keifer is the codename for a planned server microprocessor by Intel that will have 32 cores arranged in 8 nodes. Each node will have 3 mebibytes of shared L3 cache and 512 kibibytes of shared L2 cache. Each node will contain a memory controller to reduce latency and increase bandwidth to main memory. This represents a departure from Intel's current strategy of placing the memory controller on the northbridge. Intel hopes that Keifer will surpass the performance of Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC series of multi-core processors in 2010.

Keifer is planned to be built using the 32 nanometer process.

Keifer is also a liquid yogurt product that was originally made by Alta Dena Dairies.

Joseph Warren Keifer was an Army General and a lawyer. He was also ultimately the Speaker of the House, in Washington D.C., where he represented Ohio. He wrote a two-volume book about the campaigns he led in the Civil War.