Intel and 50w Quad-core Xeons
Proving that it no longer aspires to making chips hotter than the surface of the sun, Intel will push out new, low-voltage versions of its best Xeon chip. Just last week, the company outlined plans for its two new 50-watt server chips, said to be a lot cooler than existing 80 watt and 120 watt quad-core server processors. Meanwhile, arch rival AMD already ships a range of energy efficient server processors that consume 68 watts power under maximum conditions.
Those interested in the new chips will want to look for the 1.86GHz L5320 and the 1.60GHz L5310. Both chips have 8MB of on die cache and 1066MHz front sides buses. The L5320 costs $519 in volume, while the L5310 costs $455. The new kit can be slotted into existing “Bensley” platform servers that run on standard dual- and quad-core parts today.
The likes of Dell, IBM, HP and Rackable Systems will put the low-power chips in systems over the next few months. The new chip, despite having four cores, has a peak TDP of a mere 50 watts. In comparison, many single core mobile processors have a TDP as high as 35W. This is a huge improvement, not only over their first line of quad cores, but also over their CPUs over the past few years. Their existing quad cores need as much as 120W. With configurations like that, a server could have eight cores running on less power than it took two just a year ago.
source: Techtree
Comments(8)
okey, are there some free promo samples for our server?
Hm..
This is just a general question.
Does rlslog have some damn irritating ads from pcturbopro.com?
Very irritating when there popups a window, which make rlslog go away and u enter their homepage with several other popups u have to click cancel to, before be able to go back to rlslog?
Or maybe I just got a adware… But dont think so, only happends on this site and some other “strange”-site.
Jesus: there aren’t and never will be any popups at rlslog
Mkay… I will keep investigate what the problem is.
Maybe time for some 0day download of adware-remover.
Be weary…
Intel measures their TDP under “general use” situation. Typically, its 80% of the actual max. So expect it to be more like 60W. (Which is pretty darn good for a quad-core).
AMD on the other hand, measures MAX TDP and advertises that. In reality, its actually alot lower, as no one actually maxes out their CPUs completely and continuously.
Karl, (author of article), hints this. But I thought I should clarify for those who don’t know.
hey Martin, speaking of windows & pop ups, why don’t you make links of imdb, sample, info etc open in a new tab upon single click
thanks
don’t forget to add the wattage for the memory controller, which is on average about 22 watts.
cpus don’t work without memory controllers…. amd’s numbers include that in since it’s built into the cpu die but intel likes to omit it.
so that’s AT LEAST 82 watts.
From a usability standpoint, opening links in the current window is preferred over forcing the link to open in a new window/tab.
Don’t change a thing.