Intel® Roadmap Directions 2008 A Resource Guide for CIOs and IT Professionals www.intel.com/in/ent Volume 3 • 2008 Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ Technology Best for Business: Security and manageability on the chip. Intel continues in its effort to innovate by constantly augmenting the performance of its desktop, mobile and server platforms as seen in this Intel Roadmap Directions Volume 3, 2008. This third volume of the year turns the spotlight on the recently launched Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ Technology that is designed specifically for business. The Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology- based PCs deliver the outstanding dual-core performance and wireless capabilities of the Intel® Centrino® processor technology family, while reducing IT maintenance and management costs through hardware-based security, remote manageability, and full remote deployment.1 Also featured in this edition of the Roadmap is the Intel Atom Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology helps keep your workforce mobile, managed and secure. With hardware-assisted remote isolation, diagnostics and repair, you can manage processor that is Intel’s smallest processor built to power the newest your mobile workforce wirelessly, even if the system’s OS is unresponsive.3 And with and most exciting MID’s. Designed to be small while delivering the full industry-leading performance4, you’ll get faster wireless connectivity speeds and the power next-generation MIDs demand, Intel® Centrino® Atom™ longest possible battery life. processor technology enables more of everything you love on the go. Mobility carries security risks, but with Intel® vPro technology, unique features built right In addition, this volume brings you a case study on Computational into the chip deliver added protection from viruses and attacks with hardware defense Research Lab’s (CRL)2 EKA HPC system that broke into the elite top- filters and from unsolicited tampering with agent presence checking. ten list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. Free up your workforce and experience mobile computing without limits. Get industry- As always the Intel Roadmap Directions give you an inimitable source leading performance4 from Intel. of cutting edge technical information that is designed to drive your Discover more about Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology now at www.intel.com/go/vpro business ahead in a dynamic, cutting edge market. For more in depth information, performance benchmarks and much more log on the Blog with the experts that have deployed Intel vPro technology at www.intel.com/go/vproexpert revamped www.intel.com/in/ent We look forward to your comments and feedback at [email protected] Key Features: • Remotely isolate, diagnose, and repair infected • Sta y unplugged with the longest possi ble notebooks wirelessly, even when the system’s OS battery life 3 is unresponsive • Operate wirelessly with up to 5x faster • Get added protection against security threats connectivity5 with hardware defense filters and agent • Experience industry-leading performance4 presence checking Notebook and desktop PCs with Challenge Solution with Intel® vPro™ technology Intel® vPro™ technology Systems unmanageable Remotely and securely monitor and manage PCs anytime: when powered down • Access the PC even if PC power is off, the OS is Designed to address top IT challenges unresponsive, management agents are missing, or hardware (such as a hard drive) has failed. • Access critical system information (asset information, event logs, BIOS information, etc.) virtually anytime, even if PC power is off, to identify systems that need maintenance or service. • Remotely and securely power up PCs for maintenance and service. Unsecured communications More securely communicate with notebooks inside or with notebooks outside the outside the corporate firewall: corporate firewall • Establish a secure tunnel (for updates, diagnostics, and repair), to notebooks on an open LAN even outside the corporate firewall. Spiraling and costly Significantly reduce deskside visits with: deskside visits Notebook and desktop PCs with Intel vPro technology deliver down-the-wire security, • Remote remediation, even if management agents are missing or the OS is unresponsive. enhanced maintenance, and remote management designed right into the chip. • Remote problem resolution, even if the OS is Along with improved remote management and security capabilities, the new notebooks unresponsive or hardware (such as a hard drive) has failed. based on Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology deliver significant improvements in security, performance, energy efficiency, and battery life. Notebooks with Intel vPro Unprotected assets Protect assets better: technology include: • Remotely power up PCs anytime to help ensure more complete saturation for patching and other updates. • Key capabilities are now available for wireless notebooks on AC power — regardless of sleep state: awake (S1), on standby (S2), hibernating (S3), suspend (S4), or off (S5). • Built-in, programmable system defense filters and agent-presence checking for automated, hardware- These capabilities include remote power up, remote boot, console redirection, preboot based protection against viruses and attacks. access to BIOS settings, out-of-band alerting, and access to event logs, asset information, and other critical system information. Lack of configuration Ensure compliance: compliance • Remote inventory and agent presence checking as a • Notebooks can communicate securely with the management console through a secure hardware-based, automated, policy-based service. tunnel for updates, diagnostics, and repair, when operating on an open, wired LAN outside the corporate firewall6. Costly and time-consuming Eliminate virtually all manual inventories: manual inventories • Accurate, remote asset inventories, even if PCs are • Support for Microsoft NAP. powered off or management agents are missing. 7 • Wi-Fi performance gains, with data rates of up to 450 Mbps. Undiscoverable assets Discover virtually all PCs: • Smaller package size (up to 58% less package area and 60% less volume) and 25W • Persistent device ID available anytime, even if PC power 8 is off, the OS has been rebuilt, hardware or software small form factor, which enables remarkably thinner, lighter designs. configuration has changed, or the hard drive has been reimaged. • Integrated energy-saving components optimized to prolong battery life. Intel® Atom™ and We had to overcome significant reliability issues, but Intel® Centrino® Atom™ virtually all our reliability problems went away when processor technology we went with the Intel optical cables. Ashrut Ambastha For Nettops, Netbooks & Mobile Internet Devices EKA Team Member, Computational Research Laboratories The Intel® Atom™ processor is Intel's smallest processor, built with the world's smallest transistors and manufactured on Intel's industry-leading 45nm Hi-k Metal Gate technology. The Intel Atom processor was purpose-built for simple, affordable, netbooks EKA: Building the 4th Fastest and nettops. Intel Atom processor-based netbooks and nettops offer both an easy-to-use mobile device with simple interfaces and targeted performance for a good online Supercomputer in 30 Days Computational Research Laboratories experience. They are rugged and compact in design, and offer the freedom and flexibility of wireless connectivity9. Powering the newest and most exciting MIDs—like portable navigation units and media One of the world’s fastest supercomputers uses Intel® Connects Cables to achieve 13 players—Intel Centrino Atom processor technology unleashes the best Internet 120 Teraflop performance. 11 experiences on the go. With the silicon design of 45nm Intel Centrino Atom processor Challenge technology, you'll enjoy fast performance, smooth video streaming and playback, and brilliant graphics—all in a powerful and pocketable Mobile Internet Device. • Space: Fit maximum computing power into the allocated space. Designed to be small while delivering the full power next-generation MIDs demand, Intel • Sustained Performance: Design a robust HPC cluster that can deliver top-10 Centrino Atom processor technology enables more of everything you love on the go: performance in excess of 100 Teraflops. • Surf the full Internet on a device that fits in your pocket • Reliability: Build the system that can perform reliably and complete LINPAC runs. • Keep in touch on instant messenger (IM) or VOIP Solutions • Enjoy outstanding performance for high-definition (HD) video and audio • Space: Use 20m Intel® Connects Cables to allow for near-circular architecture to save space as well as improve performance. • Remain unwired with long battery life keeping you entertained and productive between charges10 • Performance: Use Intel Connects Cables to deliver Double Data Rate (DDR) performance of 20 Gbps at up to 100m lengths.2 • Connect where and when you want with built-in wireless—around town and around the world10 • Reliability: Lower the bit error rate and eliminate dead links or links with marginal performance with Intel Connects Cables (10-15 BER). • Experience broadband on-the-go for wireless access beyond hot spots with select WiMAX ready MIDs11 The Tata-CRL supercomputer is currently ranked fourth in the world on the Top500* list14 announced at the Supercomputing '07 Conference, and is named EKA after the • Get turn-by-turn directions and personalized information based on your location, like Sanskrit term for “One.” Using an octagon architecture built from volume cluster the nearest