Intel Unleashes New Server Processors That Deliver World-Class Performance and Power Efficiency; Unprecedented Support: 200 Different Systems Already Planned, More Expected.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking today introduced its dual-core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5100 series, previously codenamed "Woodcrest," for the high-volume server, workstation, communications, storage and embedded market Refers to custom-designed, computer-based devices and applications that perform a fixed set of tasks. It may refer to cellphones and other handhelds, network appliances (routers, access points, modems) and myriad consumer electronics products. segments. These processors are based on the revolutionary, new Intel Core The latest generation of the Intel x86 family of CPUs. Core supersedes the 13-year run of the Pentium, which was introduced in 1993. It essentially represents the ninth generation of the x86 architecture, the first chip appearing in the IBM PC in 1981. Microarchitecture coupled with the world's most advanced manufacturing capability, offering undeniable leadership in server performance, power efficiency and value.(1) More than 200 server and workstation models are planned from more than 150 manufacturers with initial orders starting today. "Simply put, the Core microarchitecture is a technical marvel that is driving a new era of power efficiency without compromising on what can only be described as eye-popping dual-core 64-bit performance," said Pat Gelsinger Pat Gelsinger was the first Chief Technology Officer of Intel Corporation. He is currently a Senior Vice-president and General Manager of the Digital Enterprise Group. , senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group. The new dual-core server processors are the first to take advantage of Intel's Core microarchitecture, a power-sensitive blueprint design that also includes several innovations to dramatically improve performance. The Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 series delivers up to 135 percent performance improvements(2) and up to 40 percent reduction(3) in energy consumption over previous Intel server products. It also outshines competitive offerings in dozens of real-world applications and industry standard benchmarks.(1) This unparalleled blend of power and efficiency enables equipment manufacturers to optimally balance processing capabilities within power and space constraints of smaller-sized systems that are typical of communications, storage and embedded applications. Based on Intel's world-class manufacturing capability and leading 65-nanometer manufacturing process that further shrinks transistors and power consumption, yet also boosts speed, the 5100 series is "drop-in compatible" as part of Intel's "Bensley Platform" and available across a variety of server product segments. The Bensley platform delivers the latest server technologies, including faster and more reliable memory technology called FB-DIMMs, Intel Virtualization Technology See VT. , Intel Active Server Manager and Intel I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output Acceleration Technology. FB-DIMMs are available today worldwide from all the major memory manufacturers and priced competitively to comparable registered DIMMs. Intel and the memory industry are collaborating on several programs to accelerate adoption of this key technology. Intel will ship the 5100 series at frequencies up to 3.0 gigahertz speed and faster 1333 megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. front side bus and 4 megabytes of shared L2 cache (Level 2 cache) A memory bank built into the CPU chip, packaged within the same module or built on the motherboard. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, and its memory is slower than L1 memory. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, which feeds the processor. or memory reservoir between both cores. The 3 GHz version will ship with a Thermal Design Point (TDP TDP (thymidine diphosphate): see thymine. ) of 80 watts with all others rated at just 65W. An even lower voltage version will ship in the third quarter at 2.33 GHz and a TDP of just 40 watts. Woodcrest includes extreme power management techniques which drives substantially lower actual or measured at the wall power than the maximum or TDP power. At the system level, Bensley systems demonstrate unquestioned energy efficient performance leadership. First Processors Using Intel Core Microarchitecture The microarchitecture will power these new processors and also be the foundation for Intel's upcoming mobile and desktop products branded as Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processors. Some of the many new innovations for this multicore-optimized architecture include Intel(R) Wide Dynamic Execution that delivers more instructions per cycle In computer architecture, Instructions Per Clock (Instruction Per Cycle or IPC) is a term used to describe one aspect of a processor's performance: the average number of instructions executed for each clock cycle. . Every execution core is wider, allowing each core to complete up to four full instructions simultaneously using an efficient 14-stage pipeline for improved and more efficient data transferring, and thus performance. The processors also include Intel(R) Advanced Smart Cache that allows one of two processing units -- or cores -- to use the entire memory reservoir if necessary while the other is idle and Intel(R) Smart Memory Access that can "hide" memory latency In computing, memory latency is the time between initiating a request for a byte or word in memory until it is retrieved. If the data is not in the processor's cache, it takes longer to obtain them, as the processor will have to communicate with the external memory cells. and bottlenecks. Combined, these Intel-based servers can reduce real estate-associated costs and space, cooling requirements and electrical demand in server data centers for IT managers while increasing responsiveness, productivity and server uptime. Intel expects this server family to be the fastest-ramping product in the company's history, and has set pricing for the 5100 processor family from $209 to $851 in 1,000-unit quantities, depending on features. Intel will also provide extended lifecycle support of 5 to 7 years for its communications, storage and embedded customers. About Intel Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. (a) Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. (1) Based on x86 architecture dual processor server systems. See www.intelstartyourengines.com for benchmarks and more information. (2) 135 percent Performance Claim based on published results on SPECjbb2005 benchmark as of June 26, 2006. Configuration details: Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 2.80 GHz based platform details: Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). PRIMERGY RX300 S2 server platform: Two Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors 2.80 GHz with 2x2MB L2 cache 800 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. system bus, 4 GB DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 2, Microsoft Windows Server(a) 2003. Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05). Referenced as published at 41986 bops and 41986 bops/jvm. For more information see www.spec.org/jbb2005/results/ Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160 based platform details: Fujitsu Siemens BX620 S3 Server platform with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160, 3.00 GHz with 4M L2 Cache, 1333 MHz system bus, 8GB (8x1GB) FB-DIMM memory, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition. BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. JRockit(R) 5.0 P26.4.0. Referenced as published at 100407 bops and 100407 bops/jvm. For more information see www.spec.org/jbb2005/results/ (3) 40 percent reduction based on Processor TDP comparison between previous generation Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 2.80GHz and new Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160. |
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