Posts Tagged ‘processors’

State of Tennessee: State Health Leaders

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Tennessee, a leader in advancing healthcare IT, is moving toward an interoperable digital health environment across the state. Intel® Xeon® processor and Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology – plus Intel expertise – are helping Tennessee build eHealth success. Read State Health Leaders (519KB, PDF).

Virtualization with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series: A Proof of Concept

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Intel conducted proof-of-concept testing and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to assess the virtualization capabilities of Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series. A server based on Intel® Xeon® processor X5570 delivered up to 2.6x the performance and up to 2.05x the performance per watt of a server based on Intel® Xeon® processor E5450, resulting in the ability to support approximately twice as many virtual machines for the same TCO. Download Virtualization with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series: A Proof of Concept (877KB, PDF) to get the specifics.

Correctional Health Services Corporation: Technology Investments Drive Transformation of Puerto Rico’s Prison Health System

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Correctional Health Services Corporation (CHSC) invested in Intel end-to-end technologies to deliver the performance and reliability its mission-critical applications demand. The combination of software, MCAs, and Dell PowerEdge* servers with Intel Intel® Xeon® processor 7300 series and 5400 series provides nurses with real-time access to patient data at the point of care and helps CHSC deliver great care while increasing productivity. Nurses spend 27 percent less time on medication administration and IT has cut the number of servers by 50 percent. Get the details in Technology Investments Drive Transformation of Puerto Rico’s Prison Health System (181KB, PDF).

Why the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series is the Ideal Foundation for Cloud Computing

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

When building out a cloud computing infrastructure, one of the key decisions is the choice of microprocessor – as this strategic question will influence the capability, the efficiency, and the total cost of ownership of the cloud offering. This whitepaper reviews the key reasons why the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series is the ideal foundation for cloud architectures. (more…)

Intel Inside Nearly Eighty Percent of the World’s Fastest Supercomputers

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

More supercomputers than ever are using Intel® processors according to the latest TOP500 list. The report shows that 339 of the top 500 systems in the world, including two in the top 10, now have Intel inside. Of special significance is the fact that 33 of the top systems are using the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series launched only three months ago to drive their research and analytical capabilities. Get the rest of the story at TOP500.org.

Intel Server Update Previews Intel® Xeon® ‘Nehalem-EX’ Processor

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Intel recently previewed the Intel® Xeon® processor codenamed “Nehalem-EX,” which will be in production later this year.

The processor, posting the highest-ever performance increase from a previous generation processor, will be at the heart of the next generation of intelligent and expandable high-end Intel server platforms. These new OEM platforms will deliver a number of new technical advancements and boost enterprise computing performance.

Get the details.

Intel Server Update Previews Intel® Xeon® ‘Nehalem-EX’ Processor

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Intelligent Innovation

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Utilizing the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series with its dynamic performance capabilities, energy-efficiency features, and greater memory bandwidth, high-performance computing solutions can increase application performance by up to three times without requiring further investment in software development or increased power and cooling support for your data center. This product brief has the details.

Intelligent Innovation

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Intelligent Infrastructure from Oracle and Intel

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

This brief from Intel and Oracle explains how building enterprise solutions with Oracle software optimized for hardware utilizing the latest Intel® Xeon® processors delivers high optimization for intelligent performance, automated energy efficiency, and flexible virtualization capabilities. Download Intelligent Infrastructure from Oracle and Intel (117KB, PDF).

Tabor Communications: High Performance Computing and Bio Sciences

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Addison Snell, vice president and general manager of Tabor Research, provides views of high performance computing in the bio sciences area at an Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series launch event for the pharmaceutical industry.

Tabor Communications: High performance computing and bio sciences

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REvolution R Enterprise on Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Systems

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

At the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series launch event for the pharmaceutical industry, REvolution Computing discussed how REvolution R Enterprise improves the performance of widely-used tools in gene expression microarray analysis, and how they’ve seen real-world performance gains with the new Intel Xeon processor.

REvolution R Enterprise

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