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New Quad-Core
Intel® Xeon® 5300 Series Offer Breakthrough Performance Per
Watt / Price Per Watt Technology |
The week of November 13th
2006, Intel announced the launch of the Xeon processor 5300
series (formerly codenamed Clovertown) - the world's first
mainstream quad-core for server.
 There is a lot to talk about
with these innovative new processors which feature four
execution cores and pack more performance per watt than any
Intel processor in history, helping companies reduce costs
and increase responsiveness. The 5300 is based on Intel®
Core™ Microarchitecture using 65nm process technology
(in fact a quad-core variant of the "Woodcrest" processor)
and helps Intel further extend its price/watt and
performance/watt leadership. You can get more done in less
space with energy efficient server performance that is
stable, reliable and built for current and future demands.
In fact the price of a single
quad core is competitive with purchasing two dual-core Xeon
processors at same speed allowing many small to medium
businesses to move up without breaking their budgets. Based
on stable and reliable platform and socket compatible with
existing LGA771 boards* makes it an easy choice. It will be
perfect for datacenters and medium to enterprise class
businesses needing high density computing at an affordable
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Highlighted features: |
| Quad Core:
First Intel® Architecture Quad Core server
processor enabling greater compute density and
performance per watt (up to 1.5x faster than
dual-core Xeon) |
| 8 Cores Per
System: Best for multi-threaded applications
and databases (also up to 4.5x more performance
versus single core Xeon) |
| Available in
two power envelopes: Performance and
Mainstream power |
| 2x4M L2 cache:
8M total cache / Up to 1333 FSB:
Fast front side bus |
| More Power
Per Watt: 50% more performance in same power
envelope, requires less power and cooling, great
for datacenters |
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Same thermal solution choices as 5100/5000
series: Each speed available in Active/1U
passive combination solution or 2U passive
heatsink solution |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology: Allows for
more robust virtualization environments,
consolidation of servers |
| Intel® 64
Architecture (formerly Intel® EM64T):
Enhances next generation IA-32 platforms with
64-bit addressability and related instructions,
allowing flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit
applications and operating systems |
| Execute
Disable Bit (XD Bit): Provides an additional
layer of virus product when paired with
Microsoft SP2 for 32 Bit and a BIOS update |
| Platform
Compatibility: Drop in compatible with
platforms based on the new Intel 5000X, 5000P,
and 5000V chipsets* (hardware revision dependent
- see notes below) |
| More Info:
5300 Product brief
http://download.intel.com/products/processor/xeon/dc53kprodbrief.pdf
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5300 Processor
Models |
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ASI SKU |
Model |
Socket |
FSB |
Speed |
Cache |
Thermal Solution |
TDP |
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54586 |
E5310 |
LGA 771 |
1066MHz |
1.6G |
8M (2x4M) |
Active or 1U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54587 |
E5310 |
LGA 771 |
1066MHz |
1.6G |
8M (2x4M) |
2U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54583 |
E5320 |
LGA 771 |
1066MHz |
1.86G |
8M (2x4M) |
Active or 1U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54585 |
E5320 |
LGA 771 |
1066MHz |
1.86G |
8M (2x4M) |
2U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54581 |
E5335 |
LGA 771 |
1333MHz |
2
G |
8M (2x4M) |
Active or 1U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54582 |
E5335 |
LGA 771 |
1333MHz |
2
G |
8M (2x4M) |
2U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54581 |
E5345 |
LGA 771 |
1333MHz |
2.33G |
8M (2x4M) |
Active or 1U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54582 |
E5345 |
LGA 771 |
1333MHz |
2.33G |
8M (2x4M) |
2U Passive Heatsink |
80W |
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54579 |
X5355 |
LGA 771 |
1333MHz |
2.66G |
8M (2x4M) |
Active or 1U Passive Heatsink |
120W |
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54580 |
X5355 |
LGA 771 |
1333MHz |
2.66G |
8M (2x4M) |
2U Passive Heatsink |
120W |
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60682 |
L5320 |
LGA 771 |
1066MHz |
1.86GHz |
8M (2x4M) |
Active or 1U Passive Heatsink |
50W |
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60683 |
L5320 |
LGA 771 |
1066MHz |
1.86GHz |
8M (2x4M) |
2U Passive Heatsink |
50W |
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60686 |
L5310 |
LGA 771 |
1066MHz |
1.6Ghz |
8M (2x4M) |
TRAY (NO HEATSINK) |
50W |
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Performance |
| The new Intel Quad-Core
Intel® Xeon® processors have been setting world records with
their amazing performance. The Xeon 5300 can offer up to
50% better performance in the same power envelope
compared to a Xeon 5100, and 150% better when compared to
dual core AMD Opteron Model 2000 (source - Intel). See also
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http://www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon/intthru.htm
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Intel Platform
Compatibility |
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Change Notification for Clovertown Support
While the Xeon 5300
processors use the same socket and chipsets as the existing
dual-core Xeon 5000/5100 processors there was a necessity
for some hardware changes on the motherboards/platform side
which will be called "G1 Stepping".
All Quad
core supported products are backwards compatible with the
older processors (5000/5100).
5300
Series Requires:
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Other Server
Platforms for Xeon 5300 |
| SuperMicro Press Release =
http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/multi-core.cfm
SuperMicro list ASI SKU =
Supermicro Quad Core Xeon Systems
ASUSTek = See
this link to ASUS Server board with Quad Core Xeon
Support
Tyan Quad Core Press Release
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http://www.tyan.com/html/pr06_clovertown.html
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