Intel Roadmap Directions 2006 A Resource Guide for CIOs and IT Professionals

October – December 2006 Continuing its initiatives to constantly increase performance of desktop, mobile and server platforms, now ushers in a path- breaking technology that is sure to change the world of .

Intel has launched the industry's first Quad-Core processors that provide breakthrough performance and capabilities. Quad-Core Intel® ® processors for the ultimate in powerful, dense and energy efficient servers and Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core processors for desktop platforms. This edition of the Intel Roadmap Directions gives you more information on the new Multi-Core for servers, desktops and shows you how they will impact the performance of your IT infrastructure. Redefining performance with Multi-Core

IT managers are continually faced with providing more Intel multi-core platforms will enhance computing experience services to more users, meeting higher performance by: expectations, storing and managing ever-growing amounts l Improving performance of today’s existing multi-threaded of data, maintaining availability and stability, and improving applications security. To meet many of these challenges, they’ve turned l Boosting overall system performance while remaining to Intel® ® 2 processors and Intel® Xeon® processors. within acceptable power and thermal envelopes And now a transformative technology such as the Intel® multi-core processor-based platform has come along to l Increasing responsiveness of applications in multi-tasking dramatically push performance to a new level, solve pressing environments challenges, and provide new avenues for innovation. Today’s l Enabling new applications and humanlike intelligence in multi-core server processors are a critical industry inflection desktop, , and other small form factors that may point. By the end of the decade, Intel envisions them require high performance computing-like performance delivering a 10X performance gain. l Improving ease-of-use with more humanlike interfaces l Expanding the ways we can use our computers to mine and synthesise information, as well as create, innovate, and communicate Inside Quad-Core processors

Intel® Core™ 4 Processing Cores microarchitecture Core 0 Core 1 Core 2 Core 3 Breakthrough Performance Energy Efficient Performance

32KB 32KB 32KB 32KB 32KB 32KB 32KB 32KB L1 I L1 D L1 I L1 D L1 I L1 D L1 I L1 D Cache Cache Cache Cache Cache Cache Cache Cache

4 MB Shared 4 MB Shared Large L2 Caches Socket compatible to L2 Cache L2 Cache Quick access to data 45nm Quad-Core IT Investment protection Front Side Bus Front Side Bus Multi-Core processors are essential to maintaining Interface Interface the performance gains we’ve grown accustomed to from computers as we continually ask them to do more for us. An Intel-sponsored Harris Interactive Up to 1333 MHz FSB High Bandwidth survey* found that 9 out of 10 users reported problems while trying to perform multiple processor-intensive tasks. Problems include Leading Performance, Lower Cost, High Volume freezes, time lags, function shut downs, chopping off screens and audio distortion.

For more information visit http://www.intel.com/multi-core/ Introducing the world’s first Quad-Core processors Four Cores. One Processor. Outstanding Performance.

Intel brings you the world's first quad-core processor for The Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series is Intel's standard high volume two-processor server platforms. Intel premier solution for the growing computing and data needs offers IT departments further leaps in performance and of many business-critical applications, and provides the most performance/watt, building on proven industry leadership by headroom (threads and performance) for virtualised server breaking the current performance records held by the environments of any dual processor standard high volume Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100~ series. server platform. Combined with the Intel® 5000 chipset family and Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory The Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor technology, the new Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor ~ 5300 series: 5300 series-based platforms are expected to deliver Breakthrough performance from the world's first quad-core breakthrough performance with better power efficiency, processor for mainstream servers — faster, more powerful, delivering up to 1.5 times the performance compared to and more efficient, the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor leading Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series in the 5300 series is the industry's first quad-core processor for same power envelope and up to 2.5 times the performance dual processor (DP) servers and workstations. Built on Intel® compared to the best published results of AMD Opteron* Core™ microarchitecture, these processors deliver industry Model 22201 . leading performance and virtualization, and offer: › Quad-core processing: Maximises performance and Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X5355 200 performance/watt for greater performance per square foot Higher is better Intel® Core™2 Extreme for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments 104 3.52 Quad-Core processor— World’s • Increases performance and threading headroom for multi- First Quad-Core for the threaded applications and heavy multi-tasking scenarios, plus 120 80.7 2.38 Desktop. helps boost system utilisation through virtualization and application responsiveness. The Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor is the world’s first 42.9 Intel® Core™ microarchitecture: Better performance on 33.8 1.18 quad-core desktop processor, delivering the latest in multiple application types and user environments, while cutting edge processor technology. reducing cooling challenges, enabling more capable, denser General Purpose Scientific 2P Database Computing Computing Performance Bringing unprecedented performance across a wide data center deployments. range of applications and benchmarks, the Intel® Core™2 Large 8 MB of on-die L2 cache: Increases efficiency of L2 Extreme processor provides another giant leap forward cache-to core data transfers, maximising main memory to SPECint_rate2000* SPECfp_rate2000* OLTP on the road to multi-core and parallel computing.Today’s Single-Core Intel® Xeon® processor (3.80 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) processor bandwidth and reducing latency. • Up to 4 MB of multimedia applications, such as 3D modeling and Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5160 (3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz) L2 cache can be allocated to one core. video/audio editing and rendering, focus on threaded Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X5355 (2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz) computing for performance and demonstrate amazing 1066 and 1333 MHz system bus: Fast, dedicated front- scalability with quad-core processors. side buses for increased throughput.

For more information visit http://www.intel.com/quad-core/ Intel® Xeon® processors at a glance The breakthrough performance, energy efficiency, and reliability of Intel® Xeon® processor-based server systems make them the ideal choice for all of your data demanding and standard enterprise infrastructure applications, virtualization and consolidation projects or high-density data center deployments.

Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 Series 5300 Series 7100 Series Maximum price/performance for Maximise performance/density and performance/ Maximum performance, reliability and standard, general-purpose applications watt with the highest performance performance scalability available for standard computing where cost is key priority available for 2-way servers running on data demanding applications high-performing infrastructure applications

Advantages over Up to 3X more performance and more Best available performance/watt for a server: 2.5x the performance and nearly 3 times prior generation than 3X power efficiency over Get up to 50% more performance than Intel® more performance per watt than the previous single-core Intel® Xeon® Xeon® processor 5100 series in the same previous Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor processor-based servers.iii envelope 7000 series, supporting more users and data transactions within a cooler data centeriii . Advantages Leading performance on 20+standard Industry ’s first quad-core technology further Up to 1.5x better performance than the over AMD 2-way benchmark applications. extends Xeon ’s performance/server and competition with the help of the16 MB Opteron* based performance/watt advantage over competing shared L3 cachevii . servers Up to 48% more performance/chassisiv servers at mainstream pricing. and as much as 33% lower cost than More cache memory and threads per competing bladesv . Stable and reliable: Common technology platform processor than dual or competing that scales from dual-core to quad-core featuring multi-core processors are ideal for Lowers power consumption up to 15% more server reliability and advanced technology demanding applications in virtualized versus AMD Opteron* dual-core features than competitive offerings. environments. processor- based serversvi . Up to 4x the system scalability enables better performance for applications requiring reliable, large-scale computing solutionsviii . Breakthrough performance from the world's IT Benefits Proactive data protection and Outstanding IT value with twice the Advanced redundancy and error checking first quad-core processor for mainstream improved security through advanced cores enhance virtualization capacity and provide features such as memory mirroring and servers. redundancy and error checking higher data center density, at pricing similar to and sparing help proactively protect data features. dual-core platforms. and improve security. Intel® Cache Safe Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® » Technology allows continued operation in processor E5345 Higher is better Most virtualization headroom in a 2-way platform: the event of rare L3 cache errors. l Breakthrough performance Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers effectively double the virtualization capacity Scalability, hardware-assisted virtualization, l 50% better than current available in a dual-processor footprint, providing and the broadest industry virtualization Up 50% generation Intel® Xeon® more density and headroom for server software support combine to help optimise processor 5160 virtualization than any other 2-way standard data-center effectiveness. l Mainstream processors at high-volume server platform. Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5160 80W in same power envelope Features Large On-die cache 4 MB L2 8 MB L2 16 MB L3 CPUs 2 2 4-32 Cores/Threads 4/4 8/8 8-64/16-128 Memory Capacity Up to 64 GB Up to 64 GB Up to 512 GB I/O Capacity 3-4 slots PCIe* 3-4 slots PCIe* 7 slots (4P)PCIe*scalable to 48 slots◊ Reliability ECC, Memory RAS ECC, Memory RAS RAS PLUS Memory Hot Swap, Intel® Cache Safe Technology Intel® Core™2 Duo processors – world’s best desktop processors^ Up to 40% faster2 . Over 40% more energy efficient2 .

Based on the industry-leading, 64-bit Intel® Core™ manage PCs even when they are turned off, or when the microarchitecture, this revolutionary processor provides the operating system is unavailable3 . All with the responsive breakthrough performance you need to handle concurrent performance of Intel’s latest dual-core processor, the Intel® compute and data-intensive business tasks — in addition to Core™ 2 Duo processor. demanding graphics-based business software, video Manageability: conferencing, imaging and IP-based business applications. With Intel® vPro™ technology, you can remotely inventory, The multitasking responsiveness of the Intel®™ Core 2 Duo diagnose, and repair PCs—even those that are powered off— processor also provides the power you need to run PC reducing costly deskside visits and increasing user uptime3 . management and security applications in the background without reducing user productivity. Plus, improved Security: energy efficiency lets you deploy systems in a smaller Intel® vPro™ technology helps third-party security software footprint that saves valuable space while improving identify more threats before they reach the OS. You can workplace ergonomics. isolate infected systems more quickly and update PCs Intel® vPro™ Technology powered by regardless of their power state. Intel® Core™2 Duo processors Performance:

› Built-in manageability, proactive security and energy- Experience performance up to 40% faster and more than Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E6700 efficient performance in one complete system. 40% more energy efficient with the new Intel® Core™2 Duo Higher is better desktop processor. Now, critical IT tasks that keep PCs 2.56 PCs with Intel®™ vPro technology let you shift your focus protected and managed no longer compromise the user's 2.50 from managing PCs to accelerating business success. For the first time you can patch software, diagnose problems and foreground experience. 2.02 2.00 1.69 This first iteration of vPro is focused on improving the management of corporate desktops; its primary feature is 1.42 1.50 the latest version of Intel’s Advanced Management Technology (AMT) and Virtualization Technology4 . On the

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Normalised t virtual software appliances to enhance the security and reliability of corporate PCs. 0.00 # SPECfp*_rate_base2000 SPECint*_rate_base2000 – Gartner* (2_copies) (2_copies) Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 670 with H T Technology¤ and “The initial analysis has shown promising results. Intel® AMT is allowing us to manage the PCs Intel® 945G Express Chipset remotely, even in Out-Of-Band (OOB) situations.” Intel® Pentium® D processor 960 and Intel® 945G Express Chipset – Shashi Kalathil, President, Broadband & Retail, Business, VSNL* Intel® Core™ 2 Duoprocessor E6700 and Intel® P965 Express Chipset

For more information visit http://www.intel.com/core2duo/ PCs built with Intel® Technology for your business needs

PC manageability, data security and multitasking For powerful dual-core responsiveness in multitasking performance have never been more important. Your business environments, choose PCs with Intel® Pentium® D processors. has demanding business requirements, and Intel provides a When value is your primary requirement, PCs with Intel® broad range of choices. PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology Pentium® 4 processors supporting Hyper-Threading provide professional-grade capabilities designed with the IT Technology provide the solid performance to handle routine demands of large to medium businesses in mind: built-in business tasks. manageability, proactive security, and the responsive dual- core performance of an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor.

Choices to help you meet the largest of business challenges From highest performance and built-in manageability to systems ExpressE6000 ChipsetIntel® sequence and Core™2 ICH8DOIntel® with vPro™ Duo Intel®82566DM processor technology Q965Q963 Gigabit Express900 with sequence LANIntel® Chipset Pentium® with andICH7 Intel® or D ICH7R945GZ processor800 Express sequenceIntel® Chipset Pentium® with865G and Intel®Chipset DThreading processoror and 500 ICH5 Technology sequenceIntel® or ICH5R Pentium® supportingand Intel® 4 processor Hyper- 600 designed for solid value, the family of PCs with Intel® technology is ready to meet the demands of your business. ¤

Benefits Productivity Internet access and email5 Running 64-bit software Storing confidential information Sharing large files Running many programs at once Background security scanning Drawing and graphics applications Voice communication (VoIP)6 Expand capabilities over time Low noise environment Data-intensive manipulation Continuous data protection Video conferencing Enterprise deployment Reducing PC support and maintenance costs Intel® Stable Image Platform Program 7

- Advanced capability - Partial capability - Limited capability Blank - No specific enhancements Intel® ® Duo mobile technology with Intel® Core™2 Duo processor Up to 2X the performance89 . Up to 28% power savings .

The Intel® Core™2 Duo processor delivers low power and Experience efficient breakthrough mobile performance and l Twice the multitasking processor performance8 responsiveness for demanding business users and consumers alike to concurrently execute multiple threads and l Saving up to 28 percent more power compared to previous 11 run multiple intense applications simultaneously. generation Intel-based laptop PCs Enabling revolutionary dual-core performance, improved l Over twice the overall performance on gaming and 12 battery life, and enhanced wireless connectivity, the new graphics applications Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology - now available with l Hotspots galore—reach more than 90,000 worldwide, Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor engine comes in a variety of verified for Intel Centrino mobile technology designed to meet the needs of your mobile lifestyle10 . Breakthrough capabilities for today’s mobile computing experience10 .

FEATURES BENEFITS Revolutionary mobile performance Intel® Core™2 Duo processor engine World's best mobile processor, optimising performance and power savings.3 Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost Doubles the execution speed for instructions used widely in multimedia and graphics applications. Power-Optimised 667 MHz Increased data bus bandwidth for faster data transfer. Front Side Bus Intel® 64§ The new Intel® Core™2 Duo processor has performance headroom for the future and is now enabled with 64-bit computing to take advantage of 64-bit operating systems like Microsoft Vista*. Intelligent Power Capability enabling improved battery life Enhanced Intel® Deeper Sleep with Saves power by flushing cache data to system memory during periods of inactivity to lower CPU Dynamic Cache Sizing voltage. Flexible form factor Support for Intel® Mobile Voltage Uses next-generation processor power architecture to lower thermal design power, enabling Positioning (Intel® MVP VI) smaller laptops. Enhanced wireless technology Improved Interference Immunity13 Enables enhanced wireless network performance with higher throughput in areas with wireless signal overlap. “Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T7600 leaves no Flexible Roaming with Enhanced Ensures the best possible connection and maintains the connection with maximum stability. doubt that it will be the fastest mobile processor AP Selection we have seen in our test lab so far." – TomsHardware.com*

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This latest Intel® architecture building block roadmap update is intended to provide you recommendations for your Desktop deployments.

Desktop Processor Roadmap

User Segment Processor Number Performance Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with Intel® Dual-Core Technology, E6000~ sequence Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology14 , Intel® Active Management Technology3415 , Intel® Virtualization Technology Execute Disable Bit and Intel® 64§ Mainstream Intel® Pentium® D processor featuring dual-core processing with 900~ sequence 2x2 MB L2 cache, Intel® Virtualization Technology, Intel® 64, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology and Execute Disable Bit Intel® Pentium® D processor featuring dual-core processing with 800~ sequence 2x1 MB L2 cache, Intel® 64, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology and Execute Disable Bit Entry-Level Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT Technology¤ , Intel® 64 and 500~ sequence Execute Disable Bit Intel® ® D processor with Intel® 64 and Execute Disable Bit 300~ sequence Intel® Architecture Platform Roadmap Client Roadmap

This latest Intel® architecture building block roadmap update is intended to provide you recommendations for your Mobile deployments.

Mobile Processor Roadmap

User Segment Processor and Number Chipset Wireless Solution Performance Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile Mobile Intel® 945 GM, Intel® PRO Wireless technology with Intel® Core™2 Duo PM Express Chipsets LAN 3945a/b/g processor T7000~~ and T5000with ICH7M (802.11a/b/g) sequence Mainstream Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology Mobile Intel® 945 GM, Intel® PRO Wireless with Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2000~ PM Express ChipsetsLAN 3945a/b/g sequence with ICH7M (802.11a/b/g) Value Intel® Centrino® mobile technology Mobile Intel® 945 Intel® PRO/Wireless withIntel® Core™ Solo processor Express Chipsets LAN 2200b/g T1000~ and U1000~ sequence Family (802.11b/g) or better Intel® Celeron® M processor 400~ Intel® 940 GML Express sequence Chipset Intel® Architecture Platform Roadmap Server Roadmap

This latest Intel® architecture building block roadmap update is intended to provide you recommendations for your Server deployment.

Server Processor Roadmap

Server Segment Processor Clock Speed High-end / Dual-Core Intel® Itanium ® 2 1.60 GHz with 24 MB L3 cache, 400 / 533 MHz FSB Enterprise MPprocessor 9050 Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 3.40 GHz with 16 MB L3, 2x1 MB L2 cache, processor 7140M 800 MHz FSB or better Mid-range / Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 1.60 GHz with 8 MB L3 cache, 400 / 533 MHz FSB Performance MP and DP processor 9030 or better Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 3.00 GHz with 4 MB L3 cache, 2x1 MB L2 cache processor 7120M 800 MHz FSB or better Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 2.33 GHz with 8 MB L2ø cache, 1333 MHz FSB processor E5345 Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 3.00 GHz with 4 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB processor 5160 Entry-level / Dual-CoreIntel® Xeon® 3.00 GHz with 2x2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB Value DP and UPprocessor 5050 Dual-Core Intel® Xeon®2.40 GHz with 4 MB L2 cache , 1066 MHz FSB processor 3060 Client and server table - OEMs and other brandsΔ

OEM Intel® Core™2 Duo Intel®® processor Intel®® processor Intel®® Centrino Duo mobile Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel®® Itanium 2 processor processor based 800/900 sequence based with HT Technology¤ 600/500 technology and Intel®® Centrino Intel®® Xeon processor based Servers Desktop PCs Desktop PCs sequence based Desktop PCs mobile technology based based Servers (5300 and Mobile PCs 5100 series)

Veriton* 6900 Pro / TravelMate* 3012WTMi, C202TMi, Altos* G540 (Tower), Veriton* 1000, Veriton* 6900 Pro, Acer* Power 2000 / 945GZ Series 3270 Series, Aspire* 5550 Series / R720 Rack 2u, R520 Rack 1u, Acer* Power 2000 Acer* Power 945G Series 5570 / 5571 Series R910 MP Rack 4u

Optiplex* 745DT / Latitude* D820 / D620 / D520 / PowerEdge* 6800 / 2900 / Optiplex* GX520 / GX620 Optiplex* 210L / 320 390MT D420 2800

Infiniti* Global line* 4800MA (4) / HCL Infiniti* Global line* Infiniti* Tru* BL 1235 / Infiniti* Tru* BL 1230 / 1235 / Infiniti* Pro* BL 1235 / 1240 / 1230 / HCL Infiniti* Powerlite* 6010 / 5080, 6080, 5085 and 2700 ST / 2700 SO / BL 1230 / BL 1240 1240 / 4115 / 1090 1200 / 1205 / 4115 / 1090 6010G1 / 6020 / 9100TR / 9100HL 6085 (8) / 5160, 6160 (16) / 2700 AO 6320 (32)

HP Compaq* Business Notebook Proliant* DL360G5 / Integrity* rx1620 / rx2620 / HP Compaq* Business 6320Nx, 6310Nx, 7400Nx, 7300Nx, HP Compaq* Business Desktop HP Compaq* Business Desktop dc7600 / DL380G5 / DL 140G3 / rx4640 / rx7640 / rx8640 Desktop dc7700 / 6400Nc, 8440Nw, 8430Nc, 8420Nx dc7600 / dx7200 / dx2280 dx7200 / dx2180 / d290 / dx2060 DL350G5, DL370G5, Integrity* Superdome* (32 / dx2700 9440Nw, 9420Nx, 2400Nc, 64 / 128) 4400tc, 4400Nc 2PG4, BL460C, BL480C

xSeries 3400 / 3500, x3950, x3550, x3650, Blade Centre HS20 / HS21

ThinkCenter* M 55E / ThinkCenter* M55E and A55 series / ThinkPad* X60 / T60/R60/Z61M / ThinkCenter* M 55SFF Lenovo 3000 series Lenovo 3000 series Z61T, Lenovo 3000 series

PRODiiGY* G965 / PRODiiGY* GTP / 945G / GGC2 / PRODiiGY* 915GV / GGC2 / P4M890 / SiiRUS* Classic DP XIV / SiiRUS* Privilege* 1000 / 1010 SiiRUS* Classic DP XXIX / XXX 946GZ / GZIS 946GZ / GZIS 945G / 945GZ Enterprise QP II

SGI Altix* 450 / 350 / 3700 Bx2, 1300 Cluster, 1350 Cluster

Wipro NetBlade* Z 2701, Wipro SuperGenius* Wipro SuperGenius* 15206 / Wipro SuperGenius* 604 / 218xx / Wipro NetPower* Z 2501 / Wipro NetPower* 10220 / 30106 / 153XX / Wipro LittleGenius* 7120 153xx / 154xx / 111xx / 218xx 111xx Z 2503 / Z 2105 (1U Rack) / 10440 154XX Z 2205 (2U Rack)

Zenith* Director*, Zenith* Corporate PC 7D Zenith* PC Zenith* Presidio-Vu* ~ Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor series, not across different processor sequences. See http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number for details. › Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to 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 http://www.intel.com/performance/resources/limits.htm » As of September 19, 2006, Dates subject to change without notice. Measured SPECint_rate using system power. ◊ Source 8-18-06 www.ibm.com. IBM eServer* Series x*460 configuration available through this website. ^ For more information on why Intel® Core™2 Duo processors are the world’s best overall processors, please visit www.intel.com/core2duo ¤ Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology) requires a computer system with an Intel® processor supporting HT Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthreading_more.htm for more information including details on which processors support HT Technology. # RAC Core Research Note G00139722 § Intel® 64 requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers, and applications enabled for Intel® 64. Processor will not operate (including 32- bit operation) without an Intel® 64-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. See http://www.intel.com/info/em64t for more information including details on which processors support Intel® 64, or consult with your system vendor for more information. ø Processors employ Intel® advanced Smart Cache (shared cache). Features 4MB Smart Cache per core pair. Δ Model numbers and configurations of OEMs are subject to change without notice and may be available at their sole discretion. i Comparisons are based on Intel internal measurements May 3, 2006 with previous 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor-based platforms. ii Data Source: Intel Internal measurement September 21, 2006. Performance chart compares an internal server side Java application benchmark measuring business operations completed per hour on pre-production platform with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160, 3.00 GHz (4M L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB, 8GB (8x1GB FB-DIMM memory) vs. two Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 53xx, 2.67 GHz with 2x4M L2 Cache, 1333 MHz system bus, 8GB (8x1GB) FB-DIMM memory. iii Data Source: Intel internal estimates or measurements as of September 21, 2006. Actual Results may vary. Buyers should consult other sources of information to 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 http://www.intel.com/performance/resources/limits.htm. iv Source (AMD 940, AMD Opteron* 285 and Xeon 5100): Published or submitted results as of May 23, 2006. See http://www.intel.com/performance as of September 21, 2006. AMD Opteron* socket F 2000 series publications as of September 20, 2006. Actual results may vary. Buyers should consult other sources of information to 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 http://www.intel.com/performance/resources/limits.htm. v Source (AMD 940, AMD Opteron* 285 and Xeon 5100): Published or submitted results as of May 23, 2006. See http://www.intel.com/performance as of September 21, 2006. AMD Opteron* socket F 2000 series publications as of September 20, 2006. Actual results may vary. vi Measured by Principle Technologies* as of May 23, 2006. For configuration detail, go to http://principletechnologies.com/clients/reports/Intel/ vii Performance measured using Intel internal TPC-C* SQL* 2005, SAP™ SD, and SPECjbb™ 2005 benchmarks. Intel internal, early platform measurements (17 July 2006) comparing system configurations of 4x Intel® Xeon® Processor 7140M Platform, 3.40 GHz w/ 16M L3/ Intel® E8501Chipset / 800 MHz FSB to 4x Intel® Xeon® Dual-Core processors 3.00 GHz w/ 2x2M L2 / Intel® E8501Chipset/ 800 MHz FSB. viii Scalable to 32P dual-core versus 8P for Opteron Model 8000* For power reduction, TDP specification listed is compared between the prior generation and current generation Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 7000 Sequence (7120M 95W vs. 7041 165W)[FJJ2]. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. For further information see: http://www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon_mp/index.htm . 1 50% performance claim based on performance with measured SPECint_rate_base2000 results. Published/measured results as of Sept 21, 2006. 150% over Opteron performance claim based on SPECint_rate_base2000 benchmark. Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5100 series is Intel internal measured data and the Opteron data is based on best published data as of Sept 19, 2006. For more information about server performance, visit www.intel.com/performance/server. 2 Performance based on SPECint*_rate_base2000 (2 copies), and energy–efficiency based on Thermal Design Power (TDP), comparing 2 Duo E6700 to Intel® Pentium® D Processor 960. Actual performance may vary. See www.intel.com/performance for more information. 3 Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) requires the platform to have an Intel® AMT-enabled chipset, network hardware and software. The platform must also be connected to a power source and an active LAN port. 4 Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations. Intel Virtualization Technology-enable BIOS and VMM applications are currently in development. 5 Internet and e-mail access require a high-speed or dial-up network interface and connection through an Internet Service Provider. 6 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability requires a high-speed Internet connection, PC headset or speakers and microphone as well as third-party software. VoIP connectivity is provided by third-party service providers and specific features may require you to purchase additional services. Internet services and/or VoIP services may not be available in all areas and are subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. 7 Intel® Pentium® D processor 945 only. 8 As measured by SPEC* CPU2000* (SPECfp*_rate_base2000 and SPECint*_rate_base2000) comparing Intel® Pentium® M Processor 780 and 750 with Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7600 and T5600. Actual performance may vary. See http://www.intel.com/performance/mobile/benchmarks.htm for important additional information. SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECrate, SPECweb, SPECjbb are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. See: http://www.spec.org for more information on the benchmarks. 9 As measured by MobileMark* 2005 Office productivity workload. Actual performance may vary. See http://www.intel.com/technology/eep/platforms.htm for important additional information. 10 System performance, battery life, high-definition quality and functionality, and wireless performance and functionality will vary depending on your specific operating system, hardware and software configurations. References to enhanced performance as measured by SySMark* 2004, PCMark* 2005 and 3DMark* 2005 refer to comparisons with previous generation Intel® Centrino® mobile technology platforms. References to improved battery life as measured by MobileMark* 2005, if applicable, refer to previous generation Intel Centrino mobile technology platforms. Wireless connectivity and some features may require you to purchase additional software, services or external hardware. Availability of public wireless LAN access points is limited, wireless functionality may vary by country and some hotspots may not support Linux-based Intel Centrino mobile technology systems. See www.intel.com/products/centrino/ for more information. 11 Based on power utilization measured by average power of Intel components of pre-production Intel® Core™2 Duo processor-based laptop as compared to an Intel® Pentium® M processor-based notebook. Actual performance may vary. See http://www.intel.com/technology/eep/platforms.htm for important additional information. 12 As measured by 3DMark*05 comparing Intel® Pentium® M Processor of comparable frequency with Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7600 and T5600. Actual performance may vary. See http://www.intel.com/performance/mobile/benchmarks.htm for important additional information. 13 Throughput will vary depending on specific hardware and software configurations, usage and environment. 14 Certain boxed Intel desktop processors have support for Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology. 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