Items tagged with 'Xeon'
Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation, Tested, Burned-In
Today we have a new Intel Xeon W3540-based Lenovo workstation – the ThinkStation S20 - on our bench for some testing. Some of you may be wondering what a “workstation” really is. Well, it’s a term more commonly used in a business environment, especially one in which CAD/CAM design, 3D rendering or high performance computing... Read More
Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation Review
IBM has been a name synonymous with computers and technology for nearly 30 years. That point alone leaves little doubt as to why Lenovo moved to acquire IBM’s Personal Computing Division in 2004. When the acquisition was finalized in 2005, Lenovo instantly became a global PC leader. Over the past four years, Lenovo has... Read More
Business IT - Efficiency Through Innovation
Given the current economic climate, businesses have had to trim the fat in every way possible. One of the key areas of concentration for quite some time has been a growing need to make the most efficient use of technical resources, in the form of increased output with less energy consumption and a smaller footprint. This... Read More
Intel Phases Out Conroe & Yorkfield Xeons
Intel is in the process of spring cleaning: After updating its product portfolio this week, the chipmaker is phasing out five Xeon processors built around the Conroe and Yorkfield cores in order to make room for its Nehalem core-based Xeons. All of the Xeons on the chopping block have 1333MHz front side busses. The two... Read More
Apple Brings Nehalem Xeon CPU, SSD To New Xserve
Apple's newest Mac Pro was the first machine on the planet to ship with Intel's Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 and 3500 Series processors, and now those very chips have made their way over to the company's line of rack-mount servers. The long standing Xserve line has been updated today with "twice the performance" of prior models,... Read More
Intel Debuts New Xeon 5500 Series Processors
Apple may have secured them first, but Intel's 17 newest enterprise-class processors are finally available for all that care to grab them. As we saw yesterday with Lenovo's announcement, Intel's freshest Xeon chips (previously referred to as "Nehalem") are now available to other OEMs and channel partners, and given the... Read More
Lenovo Adds Xeon Processors to ThinkServers
Lenovo Boosts Workstation and Server Performance Integrates New Intel Xeon Processors into Advanced Computing Solutions March 30, 2009: Lenovo today announced that it is using the latest Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series and Intel Xeon Processor 3500 Series to support advanced levels of computing performance in workstations... Read More
Intel's Nehalem-Based Xeon Server CPUs Ship Soon
If you've been waiting ever patiently for new Nehalem server chips since the microarchitecture was detailed at IDF way back in August of 2008, we have wonderful news to pass along. Following a short, exclusive release within Apple's newest Mac Pro systems, the Nehalem-class Xeon server microprocessors and platforms... Read More
Intel Ships New Eco-Friendly Intel Xeons
Intel Ships New Eco-Friendly Inte Xeon Server Processors that Boost Performance SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2008 – Intel Corporation continues to expand its 45-nanometer (nm) manufacturing chip portfolio with the launch of its first four halogen-free Intel® Xeon® processors, signaling another step in Intel's... Read More
Eurocom launches Quad-Core XEON Based Notebook
Eurocom launches Portable Server Notebook with Intel Quad Core XEON Processor for On-the-Road Development. The World s First server-class notebook with Intel Quad Core XEON processor; 1.5 Terabytes of storage, RAID 5 and internal 1 hour Battery. Eurocom, the world's leading developer of highly personalized, high-performance... Read More
Intel Lauches New, Lower Power Xeons
NEW INTEL SERVER PROCESSORS: FEWER WATTS, HIGH PERFORMANCE SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 25, 2008 – Intel Corporation has further increased its energy-efficient performance lead today with the introduction of two low-voltage 45 nanometer (nm) processors for servers and workstations that run at 50 watts, or just 12.5 watts... Read More
Systemax Endeavor Xeon Workstation
As gamers and hardware enthusiasts, it’s easy to get jaded by Extreme Edition processors and multi-card CrossFire configurations. They push performance full-bore. And although you’ll never hear AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA recommending against using their enthusiast offerings in higher-end configurations, there’s no denying... Read More
Penryn Launch Looming: Xeons On Nov 11?
Rumor alert: It looks like Intel could be planning to launch new Xeons based on the new Penryn core on November 11th. The good news is that CPUs should start at $209 for a 2.00 GHz and top out at 3.16 GHz for $1,172.As we’ve reported before, we expect the Penryn family CPUs to ship with larger caches and the new SSE 4... Read More
Intel V8 Media Creation Platform - Dual Sockets - Dual Xeons
It was at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that we were first exposed to an Intel demo machine dubbed the ' V8' . Intel wouldn't label the machine as a direct response to the QuadFX platform by AMD, but they did want to stress the point that enthusiasts could have a dual-socket, eight-core Intel... Read More
8-Core Intel Xeon 'V8" Sneak Peek - Dual Quads
Back in January at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Intel was showing off a rig in their booth dubbed the "V8". It was essentially a dual-socket workstation platform outfitted with a pair of quad-core Xeon processors for a total of eight cores - hence the 'V8'. In their demo, Intel ran the CPU benchmark built into... Read More
Intel Marks Energy-Efficient Milestone With 50-Watt Xeons
Intel Marks Energy-Efficient Milestone With 50-Watt, High-Performing Quad-Core Server Processors Processors Represent Nearly Ten-Fold Power Consumption Improvement in Less than 2 Years SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 12, 2007 - Further expanding its quad-core processor family line-up, Intel Corporation today announced two energy-efficient... Read More
April Holds Good Things For Intel's Xeon Processors
Intel, in a move to make its Xeon line of processors more attractive, will be slashing prices in April for it's Xeon 3200 quad-core and X3000 dual-core series CPUs . The price cuts are targeted at the 1-way server market with the goal of increasing demand in order to gain a larger slice of the server... Read More
Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7100 Series Intro
New High-End Intel Server Processors Expand Performance Leadership Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 7100 series Intro Continues 'Summer of Servers' Push SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 29, 2006 - Intel Corporation today unveiled eight new Dual-Core Intel Xeon 7100 series processors designed for multi-processor servers. Previously... Read More
Intel Woodcrest Xeon 5150 and 5160 Processors
By now, we hope you've all read our article detailing the features and performance of Intel's new Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors. If you haven't, go do that now. Then come back and check out GamePC's evaluation of Intel's Woodcrest Xeon 5150 and 5160 Processors. Woodcrest and Conroe are... Read More
Intel 5080/5060 Dual-Core Xeon Processors Reviewed
There is a very good write up posted at GamePC evaluating Intel's new 5000 series dual-core Xeon processors. GamePC tested the new CPUs with Intel's new chipsets and FB-DIMM memory as well. "Today at GamePC, we've decided to take a thorough look at Intel's new dual-core Xeon 5000-series processors. These chips,... Read More
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