Intel Workstation Technology Turning Imagination Into Reality November, 2008 1
Step up your Game Real Workstations Unleash your Potential 2
Yesterday s Super Computer Today s Workstation = = #1 Super Computer 1993 #328 Super Computer 2001 3
From Imagination to Reality From an Idea to a Product Faster Than Ever Before Fueling Performance Fueling Throughput Fueling Visualization Fueling Flexibility Increase single application performance up to 4x for complex modeling and simulation. Enable end users to Mega Task between applications. Deliver the infrastructure to acquire, analyze, model, and synthesize visual workloads. Enable organizations to quickly provision, manage secure performance in a form factor that best meets their needs. Do Your Job Up to 7x Faster 1 Same Price & Energy Envelop For notes and disclaimers, see legal information slide at end of this presentation. 4
Fueling Performance Delivering Innovation 5
Imagine What Can Be Possible? 140 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 GFLOP 8.5x Intel Xeon 5400 120 100 80 60 40 20 GB of Memory 8.0x Intel Xeon 5400 0 GFLOP 0 Memory (GB) 64-bit Intel Xeon Processor With 2 MB Cache Circa 2006 Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Series Can Your Next Workstation Transform How You Work and Improve the Quality of Your Results? Source: Intel. Circa 2006 - Intel NetBurst microarchitecture Intel Xeon processor 3.4 GHz. 6
Deliver More Work in Less Time 2.1x Relative Performance Higher is Better 2 1 1.7x 1.8x 1.8x 0 Base Line Manufacturing Digital Prototype Workflow Single-socket Quad-core Workstation Digital 3D Media Workflow Spec FP Base_ 2006 Two-socket Quad-core Workstation Spec Int Rate Base_ 2006 Your Innovation Just Got Faster With Dual Processors Workstations 7
Fueling Throughput Delivering Creation 8
Changing the Way You Work For Your Benefit Industry Want Deliver Manufacturing Simulation and analysis based design Digital prototyping Optimized design cycles Increased innovation FSI Data and traffic intensive analysis Accelerate time to decisions Digital Content Creation 2D prepress, Web, video layouts Rich design visualization Integrated toolkits enable innovation Work with large complex scenes Energy Reservoir exploitation Streamline simulation/visualization SW Creation Maximize SW performance Faster testing, validation, and quality Design Simulate Design Simulate Design Simulate From Idea to Product Faster Than Ever Before 9
Innovating Faster 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 Accelerating PHS/DMU Clash Throughput With Simultaneous Workflows and Multiple Cores 1 A B (Lower is Better) ~12x faster! From previous-generation single core technology to eight cores of the Quad-core Intel Xeon processor 20.0 10.0 0.0 C Intel NetBurst microarchitecture Intel Xeon processor 3.4 GHz Single core performance A B C Intel Core microarchitecture Quad-core Intel Xeon processor x5355 2.6 GHz running on all eight cores A Elapsed Time B Photo Studio C Digital Mock UP Clash Image: Courtesy of Daimler Chrysler. For notes and disclaimers, see legal information slide at end of this presentation. 10
Sneak Peak at What is Next 11
Tick Tock Development Model 2005-06 TICK TOCK 2007-08 TICK TOCK 2009-10 TICK TOCK Intel Pentium D, Xeon, Core Processors Intel Core 2, Xeon Processors Intel Core 2 Xeon Processors NEHALEM Processors WESTMERE Processors SANDY BRIDGE Processors 65nm 45nm 32nm Nehalem, the Intel 45nm Tock Processor 12
Nehalem Deliver world class performance combined with superior energy efficiency Existing and emerging applications and uses Dynamically scaled performance when needed to maximize energy efficiency Deliver single, scalable, foundation for optimized processors across each segment and power envelope Optimized for mobile, desktop, and server segments 13
Nehalem/Tylersburg Platforms Server/DP Workstation Server/UP Workstation Nehalem Nehalem Nehalem QPI I/O Hub Tylersburg I/O Hub PCI Express* Gen 1, 2 DMI ICH PCI Express* Gen 2 DMI ICH Intel QuickPath Interconnect New point to point interconnect 2 links per CPU socket Up to 25.6 Gb/sec total bandwidth/link Integrated DDR3 Memory Controller 3 channels per processor Massive amounts of bandwidth Significant memory latency reduction Huge Latency Decrease and Bandwidth Increase Over Prior Generation 14
Summary Today s Workstations Are far from the workstations delivered just 2 years ago Enables you to accelerate the rate at which you transform your imagination into reality Provide you the tool to work differently Delivers the visualization platform capacity to quickly and efficiently acquire, analyze, model, and synthesize visual workloads Tomorrow s Workstation Increases your capacity to imagine and innovate faster thank ever before 15
Learn more: www.intel.com/quadcoreserver Thank You For Choosing Intel 16