Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Intel launches Xeon processor E5-2600 product family

Following its global launch yesterday, Intel Corp. today announced the record-breaking Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family in Bangalore, India. R. Ravichandran, director, Sales & World Ahead Program – Asia, Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd, said that the Xeon processor:
* Allows 80 percent performance gain.
* Uses breakthrough I/O innovation.
* Makes use of Trusted Security.
* Provides best data center performance per watt.

Intel has integrated the I/O, which reduces latency by 30 percent. The Xeon E5-2600 processor also has PCI Express 3.o as well as the Intel Data Direct I/O. Overall, the I/O bandwidth is said to improve 3X over the previous generation.

The new chip’s energy efficiency has also increased by 50 percent. As for Trusted Security, there is the Intel TXT and the Intel AES-NI. The Xeon processor is meant for server, storage and network.

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