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Interesting Intel Platforms, Present and Future
Posted by: Hooz on: 10/26/2006 06:20 AM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ]
I have spent the last few days in lovely Portland, Oregon as the guest of Intel. Unfortunately, the reason I came out here is something I can't talk about quite yet, but I promised you some juicy bits, and I'm here to deliver!
First up is the platform that will be replacing the current Xeon MP. The platform is Caneland, the processors, Tigerton. How does 4-way quad-core sound to you? Yeah. It sounded good to me too.
Intel was kind enough to have a fully functional machine (complete with benchmark suite) setup and running for us to play with and they informed us that we were free to publish the information and images for you guys. I wish I had the time to run the full benchmark suite on it, but suffice it to say that the few benches we ran were very impressive. So, without further ado, click here to see it in all of its glory!
Next on the list is another platform that Intel has quietly slipped into the mix. Port Townsend is a Xeon 3000 platform (it will officially support Kenstfield as well) of a different flavor. Geared specifically for the HPC market, Port Townsend a seriously scaled-down UP server platform that allows for increased density by cramming two full systems into a single 1U of rackspace.
As I said, the original aim of Port Townsend was to fill a gap between full-blown DP systems and blades in the HPC market, but I can personally see a world of other possibilities for something like this. According to Intel, their customers and OEMs are seeing multiple possibilities as well. As a currently shipping product, it'll be interesting to see where Port Townsend shows-up in the near future.
I would love to keep rambling on (about what few things I can actually discuss), but it is very late (Early, actually) and I have a plane to catch in a few hours.
First up is the platform that will be replacing the current Xeon MP. The platform is Caneland, the processors, Tigerton. How does 4-way quad-core sound to you? Yeah. It sounded good to me too.
Intel was kind enough to have a fully functional machine (complete with benchmark suite) setup and running for us to play with and they informed us that we were free to publish the information and images for you guys. I wish I had the time to run the full benchmark suite on it, but suffice it to say that the few benches we ran were very impressive. So, without further ado, click here to see it in all of its glory!
Next on the list is another platform that Intel has quietly slipped into the mix. Port Townsend is a Xeon 3000 platform (it will officially support Kenstfield as well) of a different flavor. Geared specifically for the HPC market, Port Townsend a seriously scaled-down UP server platform that allows for increased density by cramming two full systems into a single 1U of rackspace.
As I said, the original aim of Port Townsend was to fill a gap between full-blown DP systems and blades in the HPC market, but I can personally see a world of other possibilities for something like this. According to Intel, their customers and OEMs are seeing multiple possibilities as well. As a currently shipping product, it'll be interesting to see where Port Townsend shows-up in the near future.
I would love to keep rambling on (about what few things I can actually discuss), but it is very late (Early, actually) and I have a plane to catch in a few hours.
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hstewarth Registered User Posts: 972 Joined: 2006-05-15 |
#39377 Posted on: 10/26/2006 10:47 PM
Nice system, any chance for some benchmarks. Supermicro 7045A-3 - X7DA3 with AOC-LPZCR2 Raid Dual Intel Xeon 5160 3Ghz Dual Core with 8G Ram eVGA 7900GT Signature Edition on Dell 3007WFP. |
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Jizzler Multi-Core Zealot Posts: 2066 Joined: 2000-10-28 |
#39379 Posted on: 10/27/2006 04:50 AM
Nice! Only thing to top this is seeing Tyan's 8-way Socket F board with quad-core Opterons  |
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AniMill Render Gardener Posts: 86 Joined: 2001-06-09 |
#39380 Posted on: 10/27/2006 09:55 AM
Man, I fear for this web site... Once-upon-a-time having a dual CPU system was the realm of the Ubergeek. Now Curtis Sponsler Creative Director | President - AniMill Offices in Ocoee,FL & Burbank, CA |
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Manatoba Retired Comp-Tech Posts: 328 Joined: 2002-09-02 |
#39381 Posted on: 10/27/2006 12:26 PM
Originally posted by AniMill:
Please form an orderly queue...  Xeon - Experiment: 2x SL6EP 2.4/400@3450+|PC-DL 1.04-B05 BIOS1009|2Gb GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 2-2-2-5| Gigabyte 6600GT Fanless Heatpipes|silent Samsung HD's|Antec Titan550|stock voltages|IWT+Agilent cooler| AMD - Experiment: Opteron165 1.8@2.25 CCBWE 0551WPMW|stock heatpipe HSF|HP/nVidia QuadroFX4500| Antec TPII 550W|Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe|4Gb Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT|2x Dell 2405FPW's|more 2 come..| |
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pc2099 Registered User Posts: 2 Joined: 2006-07-19 |
#39383 Posted on: 10/30/2006 07:47 AM
Originally posted by AniMill: Man, I fear for this web site... Once-upon-a-time having a dual CPU system was the realm of the Ubergeek. Now |