Intel company, as well as AMD, supported the initiative by Facebook to promote open server platforms - Open Compute Project. The networking giant - Facebook, Google, Microsoft and many others - these platforms are interesting from the point of view that they design the servers for themselves. Openness, allows to adjust the hardware for specific tasks and do not pay for the extra equipment.
After an interview with the Director of the Department of server Intel - Diana Bryant , it was reported that last year the company supplied its customers, OEM-manufacturers and direct customers up to 18 custom-configured server processors. We are talking about Xeon generation Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge. Custom configurations case may differ clock frequencies and the number of core in the general case, TDP. On one hand, it is not so much. On the other hand - it is possible to obtain solutions with a capacity much greater than regular model, or vice versa - with extremely low power consumption.
Finally, in Intel arsenal appeared server versions of Atom processors in the form of easily configurable SoC-assemblies. Related Products :
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