The World's Most Deployed Server Platform is Better Than Ever 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ Processor-based Platforms Support Both 64-bit and 32-bit Applications

Optimizing performance, flexibility and Value

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With the launch of the new Intel 64bit Xeon™ processor, the Manufacturing industry is poised for a large-scale migration to 64-bit computing. Intel 64bit Xeon processor based platforms delivers dramatic benefits for some data intensive applications, while others are better suited for 32-bit computing, and still others for the more robust 64-bit capabilities of Intel Itanium architecture. With leading support for all three options, Intel® 64bit Xeon™ processor-based platforms offer unparalleled flexibility for optimizing capacity, performance, and business value across the full range of enterprise and technical computing environments.

Packed with new features and technologies, innovative 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processor-based platforms help you grow your business, reduce costs, and mitigate risk.

64-bit Computing
64-bit Intel Xeon processor based platforms give you the flexibility to prepare for the future. By supporting larger data sets and both 32- and 64-bit applications they offer a smooth transition to 64-bit applications when your business is ready. And they may provide a performance boost of up to 50 percent1 on existing 32-bit applications. Available now in dual processor and multi processor configurations, these platforms support memory configurations beyond 4GB, making them ideal for larger general purpose up to mid-size database computing tasks. With nearly two million 64-bit processors already shipped, you know you can depend on Intel’s proven track record to help your business make a smooth transition to the next generation of computing.

Grow Your Business with Innovative Platforms
Intel innovation helps address many of the most critical issues for business and IT across the entire platform. Intel delivers components and technologies that offer optimal application performance today with the headroom and flexibility to help meet future needs.

Architected for Dual Core
The 64-bit Intel Xeon processor MP platform has been architected to support dual core so your business can be ready to take advantage of the increased performance and throughput that dual core and subsequent multi-core products will offer.

Flexible and Powerful I/O — PCI Express*
This third-generation I/O technology standard delivers new capabilities that help improve flexibility and performance today, and enhance expandability tomorrow. Specific improvements include up to 3.8x greater bandwidth over PCI-X and individually scalable point-to-point links. The results include improved data transfer, processor utilization, data integrity and processing performance in a wide range of demanding real-time applications.

Robust and Efficient Memory — DDR2 Memory
With greater bandwidth and lower power consumption than DDR-333, DDR2 memory provides the performance headroom necessary to help address rapidly growing data sets and more complex computing requirements. DDR2 offers up to 11 percent better performance¹ than DDR-333, with up to 40 percent lower power consumption.

Reduce Costs with Optimized Solutions
64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processor-based platforms² provide your business with a continuous stream of new capabilities by delivering consistent, predictable improvements in performance, reliability and next-generation server technologies.

Optimized Solutions through Intel® Software Network
Intel®-based enterprise platforms currently support more than 20 different operating systems and thousands of applications from a network of over 1000 Independent Software Vendors and 170,000 developers. Right now Intel invests more than $300M annually in software enabling and development, creating software tools that by themselves offer potential performance gains of up to 30 percent. This investment has helped produce unparalleled software diversity and quality, giving you the freedom to choose a performance optimized software solution that ideally fits your unique business conditions.
Over 2,000 64-bit software applications are enabled and ramping!

Power Management - Demand Based Switching
Demand-based Switching (DBS) is a power management feature, based on Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology that can help you substantially reduce operating costs. Intel internal testing has shown that DBS can reduce annual energy costs by up to $200 for every dual-processor server deployed.²

Improved Throughput - Faster Front Side Bus
An 800 MHz system bus provides a 50 percent improvement in bandwidth over prior dual Intel Xeon processor-based platforms. The 64-bit Intel Xeon Processor MP-based platforms are equipped with a 667 MHz dual independent system bus, which provides a 3.3 x bandwidth increase over previous generations. These bandwidth improvements enable better throughput, faster access to memory and shorter application response times.

Mitigate Risk with Proven Technology
Intel platforms are designed to be powerful, reliable and efficient. With an over 20-year record of consistent innovation, unmatched R&D investment, extensive enabling activities and the broadest industry ecosystem of hardware, software and integration leaders, Intel delivers powerful enterprise solutions on a versatile technology platform that will evolve as your business grows.

Improved Availability - Reliability and Security Features
Industry standard features to help keep your servers available and secure include new built-in capabilities to detect and automatically correct memory problems. PCI Express cards allow hot-swap replacement. Intelligent RAID with Intel® IOP333 Storage I/O Processors helps improve data reliability and protection. Intel’s Execute Disable Bit (XDbit) improves data security by preventing certain classes of malicious “buffer overflow” attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.

Improved Performance - Hyper-Threading Technology
Enabling better throughput, reduced application response times, and up to 30 percent performance gains, 3 Hyper-Threading Technology improves CPU utilization with multi-threaded software applications.

For more information visit www.intel.com/go/64bit
1 Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See most up to date benchmarks at http://www.intel.com/products/benchmarks/server/index.htm for detailed information.
2 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processors with Intel® EM64T requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, OS, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel EM64T. Processor will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel EM64T-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. Intel EM64T-enabled OS, BIOS, device drivers and applications may not be available. Check with your vendor for more information.
3 http://www.intel.com/business/bss/products/hyperthreading/server/index.htm, http://www.intel.com/business/bss/products/hyperthreading/server/ht_server.pdf