Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series
- Faster performance enabled by Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem
- Automatically increase processor frequency and utilize Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) as needed
- Efficiently manage energy expense by scaling power consumption to workload, enabled by Intel® Intelligent Power Technology
- Next Generation Intel® Virtualization Technology enables best-in-class virtualization performance, superb scalability, enhanced flexibility, and simplified server management
- Intel® Data Center Manager (Intel® DCM) SDK provides power and thermal monitoring and management for servers, racks and groups of servers in data centers. Management Console Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (SIs) can integrate Intel® DCM into their console or command-line applications and provide high value power management features to IT organizations.
Features and benefits of the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series
| Next-generation Intel® microarchitecture | - Intelligent next-generation Intel® microarchitecture adapts to the workload, automatically increasing processor frequency for greater performance
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| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology | - Better performance enabled by Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, increasing processor frequency and enabling faster speeds when conditions allow
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| Intel® Intelligent Power Technology | - Lower energy costs while minimizing impact to performance by automatically putting processor and memory into the lowest available power state
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| Integrated power gates | - Individual cores are reduced to near-zero power independent of other operating cores
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| Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)◊ | - Virtualize different generations of Intel® Xeon® processor–based servers in the same pool to deliver peak performance during high-use periods and automatically reduce energy cost during low-use periods
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| Intel® Virtualization Technology FlexMigration | - Integrates multiple generations of Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers, improving flexibility for failover, load balancing, and disaster recovery
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| Intel® 64 architectureΨ | - Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems
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| DDR3 memory support up to 1333 MHz | - Up to 64 GB/s for three times the memory bandwidth over previous memory technology
- Up to 144GB supports higher performance for data-intensive applications
- Enhanced reliability, availability, and serviceability features
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| Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT) | - Moves data more efficiently for fast, scalable, and reliable network performance
- Ability to significantly reduce CPU overhead, freeing resources for more critical tasks
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| Enhanced reliability and manageability | - Many memory controller features, together with PCI Express* RAS features, combine to help improve platform reliability vs. previous-generation platforms
- New features include Error Correcting Code (ECC) system bus, new memory mirroring and I/O hot-plug
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