| Intel released the challenges high-end Xeon processor | | | | is not available, the demand for these The user |
| to break the 8-way RISC minicomputer market | | | | would opt for Itanium. |
| structure | | | | Intel hopes that by Xeon 7500 and Itanium to meet |
| Intel OEM manufacturers carry a total of 7500 | | | | the different needs of customers, but even more |
| release He Zhiqiang | | | | pleased to see that Intel is able to attract customers |
| April 1, Intel released in Beijing yesterday, the Acer | | | | to migrate to RISC minicomputer Xeon platforms. |
| Aspire 1410 Battery generation of high-end server | | | | Challenge RISC minicomputer |
| processor, Xeon 7500 (code-named Nehalem-EX), | | | | And dual platform, multi-way platform, requires not |
| with "revolutionary" performance, the Xeon 7500 to | | | | only higher performance, but also have greater |
| IBM RISC minicomputer represented launched | | | | stability. Has been, X86 server competition with RISC |
| challenge. | | | | minicomputer, are often a disadvantage in the RAS, |
| As the 2008 release of Xeon 7400 (code-named | | | | which is a number of key areas of minicomputer |
| Dunnington) successor to the Xeon 7500 is still using | | | | users X86/Linux open platform has been reluctant to |
| 45-nanometer manufacturing process, but the | | | | move one of the important reasons. |
| structure of the latest upgrade to Intel's Nehalem | | | | Xeon 7500 appearance, the X86 system RAS |
| Direct Connect Architecture, and most have eight | | | | features up to a Compaq Presario V3000 Battery |
| cores and 16 threads parallel processing capabilities. | | | | new level in a certain sense, Xeon 7500 system |
| Intel released data show that more than four Xeon | | | | already has X86 in the highest level of RAS features, |
| 7500 server can bring "revolutionary" performance, | | | | and compared with minicomputers, gap has not, |
| compared with the Xeon 7400, the average | | | | based on X86 system server products will take this |
| performance improvements of up to three times to | | | | opportunity to challenge the RISC minicomputer. |
| achieve the two generations of Intel multi-processor | | | | Data provided by IDC, Unix server revenue in the |
| server products between the "unprecedented" | | | | fourth quarter decreased by 18.1% to 3.9 billion U.S. |
| performance leap. | | | | dollars, while the x86 server sales grew by 12.6% to |
| Used in more than four Xeon 7500 server, location | | | | 73 million. |
| server consolidation, virtualization, data processing | | | | The month of IBM minicomputer in the latest |
| needs of large enterprise applications, and | | | | processor POWER7 conference, IBM will POWER7 |
| high-performance technical computing environment, | | | | rare compared with the Xeon, this means that, |
| while attracting users to use RISC minicomputer | | | | POWER7 camp in which the RISC minicomputers |
| moved to Xeon platforms. | | | | have felt represented with Intel Xeon The X86 |
| Eight-way Xeon server market to break the pattern | | | | server is the pressure. |
| of 7500 | | | | According to Gartner's statistics, last year due to the |
| In the past, as eight-way server design and | | | | economic crisis, the world's approximately 100 million |
| manufacturing problems, prices are several times | | | | plan to upgrade the server being slow. In 2010, with |
| higher than the normal four-way servers, technology | | | | the economic situation improved, the server update |
| is only held by the hands of a few vendors, limiting | | | | has brought considerable market opportunities. |
| the eight-way systems. | | | | Oracle Solaris project manager Dan @ Roberts said |
| Xeon 7500 processors benefit from the four | | | | the company plans "to make our underlying |
| high-bandwidth fast-track Internet (QPI) links, making | | | | investments generate income, taking into account the |
| server vendors can easily build a set of eight-way | | | | continued release Open Solaris as open source |
| through the Apple A1185 Battery system, though | | | | software." |
| some companies can also expand its node controller | | | | Oracle plans to Solaris 10 to set 90-day trial period, |
| technology to 32. | | | | after which will require users to purchase a license. |
| In 2007, more than 8 IA-based servers also only IBM, | | | | Performance is expected that this initiative will allow |
| NEC and Unisys to provide, to the year, the camp will | | | | Solaris's popularity declined sharply, for Oracle to bring |
| be extended to 10 or more. | | | | more profits. |
| Therefore, the Xeon 7500 with the release of the | | | | In addition to market research firm IDC recently said |
| next eight-way and four-way pattern of the price | | | | that Oracle's focus on Java software strategy |
| ratio is expected to be broken. | | | | relating to the company's success. There is no doubt |
| Intel Itanium where to go about each stroke | | | | that Java in the future success of the Oracle as a |
| Xeon 7500 release, will inevitably bring on the impact | | | | database vendor's success or failure has an important |
| of Intel's Itanium processor. In the performance, | | | | significance of the decision. IDC said: "In fact, IDC |
| reliability and scalability, the Xeon 7500 and Itanium | | | | believes that with the acquisition of the former |
| are also available in the field of business-critical | | | | compared to Oracle in the middleware (middleware) |
| computing capacity. | | | | and application software strategy more dependent |
| Intel introduced the Xeon 7500 and Itanium key | | | | on Java's viability." |
| difference is that customers on the operating system | | | | IDC noted that Oracle and Sun's open-source |
| and application software choices available, and even | | | | software sector relations appears to be a discord. |
| includes the choice of OEM manufacturers. | | | | However, Oracle may continue to maintain Sun's |
| Users can choose from the three aspects of Itanium | | | | open source software continue to operate. It seems |
| or Xeon 7500, for example, or use the HP-UNIX | | | | that plans to transform into IBM type of database |
| operating system some big machine user, or to vote | | | | vendors. Have Open Office means that as part of |
| for Itanium, and for Windows and LINUX applications | | | | the agreement, Oracle can give merchants a cheap |
| are recommended Xeon 7500. Furthermore, although | | | | package. |
| the Xeon 7500 introduced the first time only in the | | | | But see Oracle can not destroy its open source |
| MCA on the original function of Itanium, but there are | | | | development community where once again |
| a number of RAS (Reliability Reliability, Availability and | | | | successfully achieved Solaris patent remains in |
| Serviceability availability maintainability) Xeon feature | | | | question. |