Intel's 17 new server processors, led by Xeon 5500 series

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Intel Corporation has introduced 17 enterprise-class processors, led by the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series. They are claimed to be Intel’s most revolutionary server processors since addressing the market with the Intel Pentium Pro processor almost 15 years ago.

The new enterprise-class chips can automatically adjust to specified energy usage levels, and speed data center transactions and customer database queries. They also would play a key role in scientific discoveries by researchers who use supercomputers as their foundation for research, all whilst delivering great energy efficiency for reduced electricity costs.

The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, previously codenamed “Nehalem-EP,” offers several technologies that improve system speed and versatility. Technologies such as Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, integrated power gates, and Next-Generation Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) improved through extended page tables, allow the system to adapt to a broad range of workloads.

“The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series is the foundation for the next decade of innovation,” said R Ravichandran, Director—Sales, South Aisa, Intel. “These chips showcase groundbreaking advances in performance, virtualization and workload management, which will create opportunities to solve the world’s most complex challenges and push the limits of science and technology,” he said.

“The combined technologies from HP and Intel will help customers reduce power consumption, maximize virtualization potential and get the most out of their technology budgets,” said Rajesh Dhar, Director—Industry Standard Servers, HP India Sales. “HP is providing the broadest line up of

Intel-based platforms which utilize the new Intel Xeon 5500 processor series. The new HP ProLiant G6 servers deliver double the performance with only half the power consumption of previous generation servers, hence completely transforming the economics of server-based computing."

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