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An Apple online store is set to take preorders of new Xserve servers carrying Intel’s new Xeon chips, hinting at launch of the devices in the near future.

A notice on Apple’s Hong Kong online store is offering to take preorders of the Xserve based on Intel’s latest Xeon server chips. However, preorders cannot be placed as the link hasn’t been activated yet, and customization capabilities for the old Xserve products have been disabled.

“Preorder the new Xserve with Intel Xeon (Nehalem),” the Web page states.

Apple does not comment on future products, an Apple spokesperson said. It is unclear when the servers would be released, though enthusiast sites including AppleInsider have predicted availability in a few weeks.

The upcoming servers could carry quad-core chips from the Xeon 5500 and 3500 family, which Apple has already included in its Mac Pro workstations launched last month. Intel has said the Xeon chips are its fastest server chips to date, which can be cranked up to run at speeds of 3.46GHz.

Intel’s Nehalem microarchitecture improves system speed by cutting bottlenecks that plagued Intel’s earlier chips. In certain circumstances, the chips could double server performance while consuming less power compared to its predecessors.

I remain an avid fan of Apple computers, so it will be interesting to see what Apple have to offer with their new Xserve servers, I’m off to read up more.

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