The announcement of server class Sandy Bridge-EP is scheduled for next year. It is assumed that the mass availability of Sandy Bridge-EP processors will be only in the next six months, when there will be C2 stepping, a crucial problem with the necessary functions in the server segment, VT-d.
We already know the range of processors Sandy Bridge-EP , the most powerful eight-model will be clocked at 3.1 GHz, equipped with 20 MB cache, use four-channel memory, and limited to the TDP level not more than 150 watts. Yesterday Intel company announced new details about the processors in this series. First , they will keep the bus PCI Express 3.0, as well as their desktop counterparts.
Secondly, a pair of eight-processor Xeon E5 with a frequency of 2.7 GHz speed level will exceed a couple of six-core Xeon X5690 (3.46 GHz), 2.1 times in the synthetic test Linpack, and demonstrate the advantage of up to 70% in real applications, implying intensive calculations . According to Intel, demand for the first batch of processors Xeon E5 is twenty times higher than their predecessors, Xeon 5500 series and 5600 series. Sandy Bridge-EP processors Generation will be actively used in supercomputers. Related Products :
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