Intel India has unveiled the industry's first quad-core processors specifically designed for multi-processor (MP) servers. Intel claims the 6 new Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series processors can deliver more than twice the performance, and more than three times the performance per watt over their dual-core predecessors.
The company says the new processors will help complete it's transition to energy-efficient Core microarchitecture in less than 15 months. And that the new energy-efficient platform, together with enhanced virtualization capabilities will benefit customers in the ultimate analysis. The energy-efficient 7300 series includes frequencies up to 2.93GHz at 130 watts, several 80-watt processors and a 50-watt version optimized for four socket blades and high-density rack form factors with a frequency of 1.86GHz. The Intel 7300 chipset with Data Traffic Optimizations provides a balanced platform design with several new technologies that enhance data movement between processors, memory and I/O connections. "With the Xeon 7300 series, Intel is delivering new levels of performance and performance per watt, and driving the Intel Core microarchitecture into such innovative systems as four-socket, 16-core blades that use less energy than our older models," said R Ravichandran, director of sales, Intel South Asia. According to Intel, the 7300 series and the 7300 chipset offer up to four times the memory capacity of it's previous MP platforms, thus enabling very large consolidation ratios that can reduce space, power, and operation costs. With the introduction of the Xeon 7300, users will be able to pool all of their Intel Core microarchitecture based server resources, whether they are single-, dual- or multi-processor based, into a dynamic virtual server infrastructure that allows live virtual machine migration. Intel claims Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300 Series-based servers demonstrate outstanding virtualization capability by delivering up to 167 percent performance improvement compared to previous generation Intel processors. Servers based on Xeon 7300 series processors are expected to be announced by more than 50 system manufacturers, including HCL, Wipro, Dell, Egenera, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, Sun, Supermicro, and Unisys. Many software vendors such as BEA, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Vmware are also supporting Xeon 7300 based platforms. Additionally, the Solaris operating system and thousands of applications that operate on it can immediately take advantage of Intel Xeon 7300-based platforms. Pricing of the new quad-core processors depends on the speeds, features, and amounts ordered, and ranges between Rs 34,830 and Rs 93,618 for 1,000-unit quantities.
The company says the new processors will help complete it's transition to energy-efficient Core microarchitecture in less than 15 months. And that the new energy-efficient platform, together with enhanced virtualization capabilities will benefit customers in the ultimate analysis. The energy-efficient 7300 series includes frequencies up to 2.93GHz at 130 watts, several 80-watt processors and a 50-watt version optimized for four socket blades and high-density rack form factors with a frequency of 1.86GHz. The Intel 7300 chipset with Data Traffic Optimizations provides a balanced platform design with several new technologies that enhance data movement between processors, memory and I/O connections. "With the Xeon 7300 series, Intel is delivering new levels of performance and performance per watt, and driving the Intel Core microarchitecture into such innovative systems as four-socket, 16-core blades that use less energy than our older models," said R Ravichandran, director of sales, Intel South Asia. According to Intel, the 7300 series and the 7300 chipset offer up to four times the memory capacity of it's previous MP platforms, thus enabling very large consolidation ratios that can reduce space, power, and operation costs. With the introduction of the Xeon 7300, users will be able to pool all of their Intel Core microarchitecture based server resources, whether they are single-, dual- or multi-processor based, into a dynamic virtual server infrastructure that allows live virtual machine migration. Intel claims Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300 Series-based servers demonstrate outstanding virtualization capability by delivering up to 167 percent performance improvement compared to previous generation Intel processors. Servers based on Xeon 7300 series processors are expected to be announced by more than 50 system manufacturers, including HCL, Wipro, Dell, Egenera, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, Sun, Supermicro, and Unisys. Many software vendors such as BEA, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Vmware are also supporting Xeon 7300 based platforms. Additionally, the Solaris operating system and thousands of applications that operate on it can immediately take advantage of Intel Xeon 7300-based platforms. Pricing of the new quad-core processors depends on the speeds, features, and amounts ordered, and ranges between Rs 34,830 and Rs 93,618 for 1,000-unit quantities.
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