Server makers unleashed new systems and upgrades this week based on Intel's new Xeon E7 processor family, which is designed to extend unified computing to a wider range of mission-critical IT workloads. Based on Intel's 32-nanometer process technology, the new server chips integrate up to 10 cores with Intel's hyper-threading, Turbo Boost, and virtualization technologies. In addition, a new energy-saving feature reduces the power draw of idle portions of the chip.
The goal is to enable business customers to take advantage of a 40 percent improvement in generational compute-intensive performance in fields such as financial services and scientific research, where speed is essential. According to Intel, more than 35 systems based on the Xeon E7 family are expected to ship from manufacturers around the world, including Cisco Systems, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lenovo, NEC and Oracle.
For example, NEC has already begun accepting orders for field upgrades of the company's Express5800/A1080a servers. "The Express5800/A1080a server with support for the Intel Xeon processor E7 architecture is designed to increase speed, workload performance, reliability and security with higher memory and less energy consumption than ever before," said NEC America IT Platform Director Mike Mitsch.
SGI said its Altix UV server running Intel's Xeon E7 processors -- formerly code-named Westmere-EX -- has already delivered record benchmarks featuring up to a 35 percent performance gain in comparison to previous-generation chips running on the same platform. The refreshed Altix system offers 256-socket support for the new Xeon E7-4870 processor with 10 cores running at 2.4 GHz as well as the new Xeon E7-8837 chip with eight cores running at 2.66 GHz.
"By incorporating more robust Intel Xeon E7 processors, Altix UV provides a platform that is unmatched in terms of performance, with an open-standards approach," said SGI Chief Technology Officer Eng...
Posted: 2011-04-07 15:09:17Author:...
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