Intel added processors for high-performance-computing applications, cheaper two-socket servers for small and medium businesses, for entry-level workstation customers and for micro servers to its Xeon line.

This is the second expansion of the company’s Xeon portfolio this year. Just about two months ago, Intel launched is Xeon E5-2600 product family, breaking all of its past records on both performance and energy efficiency.

Manufacturers offering IT gear built on the new Xeon processors include HP, IBM, Dell, Cisco, Hitachi, Quanta, NEC, Lenovo, Supermicro, SGI, Bull and many more.

With this announcement, Intel further broadens the range of applications and customers Xeon can address.

Commenting on this week’s announcement, Boyd Davis, VP and GM of Intel’s Datacenter Infrastructure Group, said, “To satisfy the increasing diversity of IT needs and workloads, Intel is excited to offer additional processor options to enterprises of all sizes with the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600/2400 and E3-1200 v2 product families.”

The new E5-4600 Xeon family takes the performance and energy efficiency of E5 into the four-socket realm. This allows for higher densities than were available with previous four-socket systems.

The product offers up to 32 cores and 48 DIMMs per system. Intel says the processors are ideal for high-performance-computing applications like crunching scientific data or market data in financial-services applications.

Dense four-socket solutions are also deployed in communications infrastructure in quickly developing markets, such as China, according to Intel.

Another new product, Xeon E5-2400 is targeted at small businesses that want to upgrade from one-socket to a two-socket configuration. With this product, Intel tried to balance performance and energy efficiency with affordability.

The new Xeon E3-1200 v2 is an entry-level server and workstation processor based on the company’s 22-nanometer process technology. This product is aimed at small-businesses that need higher-than-average computing performance.

This family also includes two low-power processors optimized for micro servers. This is yet another way for Intel to address the emerging market for commoditized stripped-down simple servers for scale-out data center workloads.