Monday, February 16, 2009

Intel Launches 'Dunnington' Six-Core Server Processors

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Designed for virtualization environments, the latest Xeon-branded products offer frequencies up to 2.66 GHz and power levels starting at 50 watts.

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) on Monday launched its first six-core server processors, aiming the offering at virtualized environments and data-demanding workloads, such as databases, business intelligence, ERP applications, and server consolidation.
The processors are among seven Xeon chips introduced as the 7400 series, which also include four-core processors. The latest products offer frequencies up to 2.66 GHz and power levels starting at 50 watts. The lowest voltage six-core processor is 65 watts.
The series is compatible with Intel's existing 7300 series platforms and the 7300 chipset with memory capacity up to 256 GB. The top-of-the-line X7460 six-core processor has an L3 cache of 16 MB, a 1,066-MHz front-side bus, and a maximum power consumption of 130 watts.
Code-named Dunnington, the six-core processors are the last CPUs of the Penryn generation. Intel plans to start shipping chips built with its next-generation core microarchitecture, code-named Nehalem, this year.
In shipping a six-core processor, Intel is breaking from the tradition of doubling the number of cores in the previous generation. The company's decision not to wait to ship an eight-core product, which would be a doubling of Intel's current quad-core Xeon, reflects the high demand among customers for higher-performing chips, said Shane Rau, analyst for market researcher IDC. Not having the "performance crown" can quickly lead to lost business.
"The market for server processors have been more volatile than one would have expected," Rau told InformationWeek. "Customers will move over in a space of only a quarter or two from one vendor to the next."
Intel appears to be ahead in the performance race, but rival Advanced Micro Devices isn't standing still. It has a six-core Opteron server processor in the works and plans to skip eight cores and go directly to a 12-core processor in 2010.
As of the second quarter of this year, Intel had 86.2% of the market for x86 server processors, and AMD 13.8%, according to IDC. During the same quarter a year ago, Intel had 86.8% and AMD 13.2%.
More than 50 computer manufacturers plan to ship products with Intel's latest processors. Four-socket rack servers are expected from Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hitachi, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Sun Microsystems, Supermicro, and Unisys. Four-socket
blade servers will be available from Egenera, HP (NYSE: HPQ), Sun, and NEC; and servers that scale up to 16 sockets are planned by IBM (NYSE: IBM), NEC, and Unisys (NYSE: UIS).
Among software vendors, Citrix (NSDQ:
CTXS) and VMware are expected to support Intel's six-core processors with their virtualization technology. Virtualization, primarily used for server consolidation in data centers, is a key focus for Intel's latest products.
During a launch event for the media in San Francisco on Monday, Intel held a panel discussion with executives from Yahoo, Oracle, VeriSign, and MySpace. While server consolidation remained the biggest use for virtualization, the executives said they plan to expand the use of the technology in other areas.
Richard Buckingham, director of system engineering for MySpace, said the social network has 700 virtual machines running off of 32 hosts in its testing and development systems.
MySpace does not use virtualization in its production environments because of the massive scaling requirements of the online social network. "We can't really build anything where there's a single [maximum] scale point," Buckingham said.
In the future, MySpace is looking to incorporate virtualization in the configuration management systems it'll be building for its production servers, which number 12,000, Buckingham said. "We can do some clever things in terms of patching Windows servers and things like that."
In terms of server consolidation, the panelists expected the six-core processors and their greater memory capacity to enable them to consolidate more applications in a single server. "The faster the servers are the fewer we have to buy, and that's a good thing," said Campbell Webb, a VP in IT at Oracle (NSDQ:
ORCL).
Pricing for the Xeon 7000 sequence processors ranges from $856 to $2,729 in quantities of 1,000.

Intel Dual Core Xeon Control Board with Eight GbE LAN

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Features:-

Supports Intel® Dual Core™ Xeon® LV/ULV processors with 667MHz FSB
Two DDRII memory sockets (PC2100 ECC registered) at 400MHz and up to 4GB
Supports two removable Ethernet modules with SFP or Copper interface
Onboard two SATA connectors
Two serial ports , one parallel port, two USB 2.0 ports
One E-IDE connector and one CompactFlash™ type II socket
One 32-bit PCI connector & one Mini PCI slot
Digital I/O: three input and three output
SFP bypass up to 3 hours without external power


Intel Dual-socketed single-core Xeon

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Intel Dual-socketed single-core Xeon design with E7520 chipset and optional 8 GbE with LAN modules


Features:-

Supports Intel® Dual Xeon® processors with 800MHz FSB
Four DDRII memory sockets (PC2100 ECC registered) at 400MHz and up to 8GB
Supports two removable GbE modules
Two SATA connectors onboard
Two serial ports, one parallel port, two USB 2.0 ports
One E-IDE connector and one CompactFlash™ type II socket
Digital I/O: three input and three output
SFP bypass up to 3 hours without external power





Intel Core 2 Duo COM Express Module with CRT/LVDS, LAN and Audio

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Features:-

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Pentium® M / Single Core™ Celeron® M  processor
PICMG COM Express R1.0 compliant
One DDRII SO-DIMM socket
Intel® 82573L GbE Ethernet interface
Flexible PCI-Express and PCI expansion
Integrated Graphic supports dual SDVO, Analog VGA, LVDS, TV-out interface
Supports COM Express standard features (USB, SATA, ATA, GPIO,  AC 97)
Basic form factor (95mm x 125mm), pin-out type II
Description:-
Description:-
The flexibility of the MB-07315 provides OEMs with fast time to market, low-cost product development, and the ability to quickly implement a range of new products. The MB-07315 can be used across a variety of application areas, including: medical, test & measurement, gaming & entertainment, military & government and network security. The module is appropriate for applications with multiple functions requiring high performance. The MB-07315 can be used by OEMs to enhance their existing system-level designs by increasing their functionality.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Intel G-43

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The Intel G43 chipset is like the G45 but only it does not support HDCP. Therefore, there is no HiDef about this chipset. Very rare to be found implemented in an actual motherboard, the G43 is the lowest of the lot.


Therefore, the G43 does everything like DX10 and SM 4.0 but no HDMI. However, it has the Intel Clear Video technology like the G45, which provides the basic enhancements to
non-HiDef video playback.


Intel G-45

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As I mentioned earlier that most of the budget gamers prefer these mid-ranged motherboards, what’s more interesting is that out of these gamers, many prefer a motherboard with a good on-board GFX solution. To cater such a need, Intel has launched the G45 and the G43 chipsets.

The Intel G45 is essentially the Intel P45 but has a n on-board graphics solution and not just any plain ordinary graphics solution... this time around, Intel place its latest Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500!So, out of the box, you will get:

  • Microsoft’s DirectX 10
  • OpenGL 2.0 standard
  • Shader Model 4.0

Of course, there is a difference in G45 and G43: G45 has HDCP Compliance. Therefore, this makes it the perfect budget Home Theater System, as it will play HD-DVD and BlueRay at the very best. Therefore, for the G45, GMA X4500HD has a rear HDMI video output. Just like Nvidia and AMD have their hardware processing (AVIVO HD with UVD by AMD and PureVideo HD by Nvidia), Intel's GMA X4500HD too supports H.264 playback at 1080p resolution.

Intel P-43

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The Intel P43 is almost the exact replica of the Intel P45. However, details regarding this board are vague and so far, the only difference that is known is the presence of just one PCI Express slot running at x16. This is a huge difference though as it means more PCI conventional slots. So this might be the controversial variant in the 4-Series in my view. For those who are never going to go CrossFire, this might be the best option. The Intel P43 is going to be rare and has yet to be implemented by any motherboard manufacturer.

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