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Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test

Suggested reposting date"We didn?t run any performance tests"OK, a group test without any tests. Novel.The systems specifications were so similar and these machines are so powerful that you lame-ass users wouldn't be able to load them up to full capacity anyways ... so we couldn't be bothered to do any...

Tags: Servers, server, Intel Xeon

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

AMD Istanbul: Field Upgrade Only If Your Hands are Nimble

The newly-launched AMD Opteron 24xx and 84xx server CPUs have six processor cores. Unlike Intel's Nehalem, which requires entirely new and unproven mainboards, systems, chipsets and sockets, the "Istanbul" is based on existing, mature AMD chipsets and uses the existing 1207-pin Socket F, allowing current Quad-Core...

Tags: Istanbul, Quad-core, Server, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Chip, Nehalem, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Intel: New Nehalem chip has "dramatic" performance gains

Intel: New Nehalem chip has "dramatic" performance gainsWhere's The Software?Go Intel! But these super chips' potential won't be fully realized until multi-threaded 64bit apps are common. RE: Intel: New Nehalem chip has My mouth is drooling...One more nail in Itanium's coffinWhat is HP's high-end strategy?Look at RISC/UNIX64-bit multithreaded...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, UNIX, Nehalem chip, Nehalem, chip, Intel Corp., performance

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Sun's mystery suitor (HP) and how it'll come back into play

Sun's mystery suitor HP and how it'll come back into playSwoop in?"HP could easily swoop in and buy some of Sun?s businesses just for market share."This makes zero sense. In fact, any idea that HP would have acquired Sun or Sun's hardware makes no sense. The only technology...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Intel Itanium, hardware, Nehalem

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Intel updates Atom lineup; Eyes second half Nehalem push

Intel updates Atom lineup; Eyes second half Nehalem pushcool beansnt

Tags: Nehalem, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

Xserve updated with Nehalem processors

Xserve updated with Nehalem processorsThe SSD drive option doesn't take up a drive bay...The SSD drive option doesn't take up a drive bay, I thought that was nifty. There's a SATA/SAS tray on the inside where you can have an SSD installed as the boot volume, leaving the other...

Tags: SSD, Nehalem, Apple Xserve, processor

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem"...but losing everything is like the sun going down on me...Ahhh what a great song...Ok Rudy.Sure IBM can't compete with Sun what with their stock about $100 more per share.My advise is DON'T WAIT! SGI and Sun took a beating from Linux because they...

Tags: Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Nehalem, T2

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

Dell offers PC that packs 192GB of DDR3 RAM [not a typo]

Dell offers PC that packs 192GB of DDR3 RAM [not a typo]Both XP and Vistahave 64-bit versions, which can handle more then 3GB of RAM.So Intel has been holding the market back until they could match AMD?[i] Before Nehalem, Intel?s PC memory controllers were mounted on the...

Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, RAM, DDR3 RAM, PC, Nehalem, market capitalization, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-27

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzy

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzyItanium doesn't stand a chance to NehalemOne things for sure (and probably why Intels Tukwila/Itanium has slipped by about a year) is that Itanium doesn't stand a chance against Nehalem and even when Tukwila does arrive, will have a tough ride against Nehalem-EX....

Tags: Semiconductors, Servers, Processors, transistor, Nehalem, electron, Ballistic Deflection Transistor, single core server, Intel Itanium, server

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

AMD's new dawn: 'Tickled pink' about GlobalFoundries deal; Challenges remain

AMD has closed the spin-off of its manufacturing assets, received a much needed cash injection, created product lineup that is competitive and set course for a more focused future. These moves, however, come amid a sharp decline in PC and server demand. Where is AMD headed? For...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., GlobalFoundries, Nehalem, Manufacturing, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-09

How Intel's Nehalem will benefit AMD

Although enthusiastic benchmark claims for Intel's Nehalem have been available for over a year now, the actual product ihas only recently made it into early production servers featuring the new motherboards and firmware needed to make use of technology AMD has had for years but couldn't get integrated into...

Tags: Benefit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Servers, Hardware, Paul Murphy, Motherboard, Nehalem, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Report: Three Intel Nehalems in November

Intel will launch its first three Nehalem processors on November 17, according to a report on the site Expreview.com. These Bloomfield high-end chips will include the 3.2 GHz Core i7-965XE ($999), 2.93GHz Core i7-940 ($562) and 2.66GHz Core i7-920 ($284). Nehalem is manufactured using the same 45nm...

Tags: Desktop, Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Nehalem, Server Processor, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-11

MSI Eclipse - First X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7

MSI has unveiled details of its new Eclipse motherboard - the company's first X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Eclipse, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, motherboard, msi, x58, nehalem, core, i7

Image galleries 2008-08-27

Gallery: Intel Developer Forum—the future is here

Craig Barrett and Pat Gelsinger show off Intel's vision for technology and research for the next year and beyond. Plus, a look a some new chips. by Andy Smith

Tags: Intel Corp., Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Management, Hardware, Networking, Andy Smith, Intel, Intel Developer Forum, IDF, Pat Gelsinger, Nehalem, chips, servers

Image galleries 2008-08-25

Nehalem - Not build for gaming

Nehalem - Not build for gamingIn the mid term more than two wore and intergated memory controller...will make a huge difference.Only for the graphic engine my professionnal specialty there is room for three or four concurrent RT threads; add to that AI, physics, GUI, sound processing.... and...

Tags: Games, Processors, Nehalem, Anandtech, game, processor

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Nehalem - Not built for gaming

Interesting analysis of the Core i7 "Nehalem" processor over on AnandTech. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: CPU, Nehalem, Integer Performance, Penryn L2, Games, Processors, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Intel unveils Nehalem 'turbo mode'

Intel unveils Nehalem 'turbo mode'Jump or waitIt must be a challenging decision for a computer manufacturer on whether to immediately go with the latest chip, or wait and see if there are any problems, especially if a new technology is involved. Those of you who have been watching the rate...

Tags: Manufacturing, turbo mode, Nehalem, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Power management through Intel's Nehalem

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Patrick Gelsinger, senior VP of the company's digital enterprise group, speaks about advances the Nehalem processor would bring to power management. And Rajesh Kumar, an Intel fellow, explains "turbo mode" and why the simple idea of getting machines to have zero energy...

Tags: Power Management, Intel Corp., Intel, IDF, Gelsinger, Nehalem, turbo mode, power, management, zero, energy

Videos 2008-08-20

The news on Intel's Nehalem; chips with integrated GPUs up next

Intel has given new details of what it calls the biggest change in its processor platform in a decade. The new information on Nehalem, discussed in keynotes and presentations at the Intel Developer Forum this week, was expected. Nehalem isn't a single product, but a family of...

Tags: Core, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Nehalem, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Nehalem gets a name - Core i7

Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Intel bugs everywhere. I wouldn't own...an Intel chip.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/intel_flaws/RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Quick of you Adrian to see the Apple like now iSee.This looks like the continuation off their successful range,RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Your sequence makes little sense....

Tags: Processors, Core 2, Intel Pentium, Nehalem

Discussion threads 2008-08-11