Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 product family
announced
Global chip maker, Intel, has launched
their newest enterprise grade processor, the Xeon E5. Forecasts estimate that there will be about 15 billion connected
devices and 3 billion connected users by the year 2015, and the new Xeon family
is designed to handle the explosion ofdata centres across the globe and the
ever growing demands of the connected world.
Prakash
Mallya speaking at the Intel Xeon E5 Processor Launch.
Uday Marty, Director, Intel South East Asia
says that, "The growth in cloud computing and connected devices is
transforming the way businesses benefit from IT products and services. For
businesses to capitalise on these innovations, the industry must address
unprecedented demand for efficient, secure and high-performing data centre
infrastructure.
The Intel Xeon processor E5-26Q0 product
family is designed to address these challenges by offering unparalleled,
balanced performance across
computer, storage and network, while reducing operating costs."
What you get with the new Xeon E5 is up to an octuple-core processor
(eight cores) and 768GB of system memory. Intel is also claiming an 80-percent increase in processor over the
previous generation. It also comes in with built-in technologies such as Intel
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and Intel
Virtualisation Technology for extra flexibility in increasing the performance
of IT infrastructure dynamically.
(L-R)
Prakash Mallya and Uday Marty with the new Intel Xeon E5 Processor
These performances do not come at the
expense of higher power consumption either. The Intel Xeon
E5 2600 family improves energy efficiency by 50-percent
compared to its predecessor. Support tools to monitor and control power usage
such as Intel Node Manager and Intel Data Center Manager provide accurate,
real-time power and thermal data management consoles.
The new processor family will also come
with an extra level of protection to reduce the infrastructures' exposure to
malicious attacks. The Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instruction
allows systems to quickly encrypt and decrypt data running overa range of applications and
transactions; while Intel Trusted Execution Technology creates a trusted
foundation that filters the system before the operating system evenboots up. These features can help IT users protect their
data centres against attacks.
