Product Brief Intel Workstation Platforms Intel Workstation Platforms For intelligent performance, automated Workstations based on the new Intel Microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, are designed giving workstation users unprecedented time-to-results in quieter, cooler and potentially smaller form-factors. Result: the idea and a product. Intel s family of workstation platforms provides you with a range of options to meet your needs. They give you the tools to multi-task more productively, iterate through alternatives faster and innovate more.
Workstation Processors Intel Xeon Processors helping users get more done in less time. With 8 computational cores, up to 192 GB of memory, 1 2 over the previous-generation and speed visual comparisons. Single-processor Workstations: Entry Professional entry workstations built with the Intel Core 2 processor family.) These workstations combine the performance than you need from a single-processor workstation. platforms, delivers the ultimate in workstation performance with the highest 3
A New Generation of Workstation processors based on the new Intel Microarchitecture Nehalem take workstation capabilities to a new Features Intelligent Performance Intel QuickPath Architecture 4 for dual-processor workstations, enabling them to act as digital workbenches that can concurrently create, simulate, and render. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Larger memory capacity 1 Intel Smart Cache Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT), with Intel QuickData Technology scalable, and reliable network performance. energy consumption. Gen 2 Adapters enables workstation applications to achieve peak application performance in the smallest energy and thermal footprint available. Integrated Power Gates workstation processors. Automated Low Power States Flexible Virtualization Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) noticeable performance degradation, and protects end-user workstation investments. compatibility compared to non-hardware-assisted virtual environments. 4
Intel Core 2 Processor Family needs of engineers, architects, designers, and video editors. users the capacity to quickly integrate data from disparate business systems across the enterprise and transform it into insights. This processing power coupled with: delivers advanced and powerful processors for entry-level workstations. designed to improve the responsiveness of applications, application load times, and system boot performance. increased system performance and application loading times, respectively. provides leading-edge graphics and visualization performance help reduce system noise and heat through more intelligent fan speed control algorithms. processor workstation platforms. Intel Centrino 2 with vpro Technology and Intel Core wireless connectivity, Intel Centrino 2 with vpro technology enables top mobile performance for basic digital content creation, and when you need it in order to transform data into actionable information. This processing power coupled with: mobile technologies that provide revolutionary levels of other core can independently transition to a low-power state. - increased responsiveness and power savings. 5
Imagine the Innovation and Discovery That You Can Engineers will iterate through design options faster. They will be able to use the resources at their desk to rapidly quantify design quality and quickly rule out bad designs and identify good ones. Impact: Faster time-to-market with more innovative products. Animators will create and render simultaneously with no loss in workstation responsiveness. They will work interactively with Impact: daring and creative. Financial analysts, traders and portfolio managers will the effects of changes in market conditions and price over time. Impact: in less time. Reservoir engineers can create, test and iterate quickly through reserves estimates. Impact: optimized oil and gas recovery, improved production forecasting and economic modeling. will quickly integrate data from across the enterprise, transform it into insights, then communicate and collaborate to impact business and technical decision making. Impact: predictions, improved corporate performance. printing, and process more business analytics. IT personnel will be able to more quickly provision and deploy blade solutions to provide workstation capabilities to diverse Impact: Improved user productivity and satisfaction,
Intel Workstation Processors at a Glance Digital Workbench Entry Professional Mobile Workstation Intel Xeon Processor W5580 Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series Intel Xeon Processor W3500 Series Intel Core 2 Processor Family Intel Centrino 2 with vpro Technology and Intel Core 2 Duo Summary performance for the most demanding processing and visualization needs. Breakthrough performance processing and visualizing and for the computing and visualization needs of engineers, architects, animators, and analysts. Affordable performance for single-processor, energyever-increasing computing and visualization needs of engineers, architects, designers, and video editors. ance, improved battery life, and enhanced wireless connectivity. Intel Centrino 2 with vpro technology enables top mobile performance for basic digital content creation, workloads, while the Intel - ers great performance for digital content creation.. Socket Support Cores per processor 4 cores 2 or 4 cores 4 cores 2 or 4 cores 2 or 4 cores Intel Hyper- Threading Technology ± Technology Processor Power Interconnect Speeds Technology Technology Technology Memory Support Memory 1 1 ± ± On-Die Cache I/O Capacity RAS Features Other Intel Workstation Features for workstation applications. Intel Fast Memory Access improves system performance by optimizing the use of available memory bandwidth and reducing the latency of the memory accesses. Intel Rapid Storage Technology Integrated Serial (SATA) ± 7
For the latest product performance information, please visit www.intel.com/performance For more information on Intel workstation products please visit www.intel.com/go/workstation Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/products/processor_number for details. Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with a processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS and details on which processors support HT Technology. Intel Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor. 64-bit computing on Intel architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and Intel Intelligent Power Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel processor, chipset, BIOS and for some features, an operating system enabled for it. vendor for details. evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit Intel Performance Benchmark Limitations 1 192GB of memory with 16GB DIMMS. Supports up to 96GB with 8GB DIMMS under current design. 2 3 4 6 Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT) requires an operating system that supports Intel I/OAT. any patent, copyright or other intellectual property right. Intel products are not intended for use in medical, life saving, or life sustaining applications. Intel may make changes