For performance that adapts to your application demands, intelligently scales energy use per performance demands, and offers best-in-class virtualization, turn to a more intelligent enterprise server processor - the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series - automatically and intelligently adjusting server performance according to your application needs.
Features and benefits of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series
- Next-generation Intel microarchitecture- Intelligent next-generation Intel microarchitecture adapts to the workload, automatically increasing processor frequency for greater performance
- Intel Turbo Boost Technology - Better performance enabled by Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, increasing processor frequency and enabling faster speeds when conditions allow
- Intel Intelligent Power Technology - Lower energy costs while minimizing impact to performance by automatically putting processor and memory into the lowest available power state
- Integrated power gates - Individual cores are reduced to near-zero power independent of other operating cores
- Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) - Virtualize different generations of Intel Xeon processor–based servers in the same pool to deliver peak performance during high-use periods and automatically reduce energy cost during low-use periods
- Intel Virtualization Technology FlexMigration - Integrates multiple generations of Intel Xeon processor-based servers, improving flexibility for failover, load balancing, and disaster recovery
- Intel 64 architecture - Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems
- Fully buffered DIMM technology -
- Up to 21 GB/s for three times the increase in memory bandwidth over previous memory technology
- Up to four times the memory capacity up to 64 GB
- Enhanced reliability, availability, and serviceability features
- Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT) -
- Moves data more efficiently for fast, scalable, and reliable network performance
- Ability to significantly reduce CPU overhead, freeing resources for more critical tasks
- Enhanced reliability and manageability -
- Many memory controller features, together with PCI Express RAS features, combine to help improve platform reliability vs. previous-generation platforms
- New features include Error Correcting Code (ECC) system bus, new memory mirroring and I/O hot-plug