Verari Systems, a developer of platform-independent
blade computing systems, is to introduce server platforms based on
the new dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5100, known to many as
Woodcrest.
The new chip offers FBD memory, PCI Express I/O,
hardware-assisted virtualisation and more other features, which
Verari says give customers the power to do more with every
server.
David Wright, CEO of Verari Systems, says, "As we've seen over
the past several years, power and cooling costs have become
substantial contributors to datacentre total cost of ownership.
“Intel is doing its part by taming one of the biggest heat
culprits in the datacentre with its new 65-watt, 64-bit dual-core
processors that boost power efficiency by up to three times."
Integrated across its line of servers, Verari says that the
65-watt processor will enable up to three times the performance per
watt and greater than two times performance over single-core Intel
Xeon processors.
Official benchmark results conducted by both companies were
released on in May. Verari claims a peak of 34.9 gigaflops per node
during Linpack benchmarking based on an Intel preproduction
customer reference board with two dual-core Intel Xeon
Processors.