Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) at 6.4 and 4.8 GT/s
Intel’s latest system interconnect design increases bandwidth and lowers latency. Supports the Intel® Core™ i7-965 processor Extreme Edition, Intel® Core™ i7-940 processors and Intel® Core™ i7-920 processors.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Intel® X58 Express Chipset
Desktop PC platforms based on the Intel® X58 Express Chipset, combined with the Intel® Core™ i7 processor family, drive breakthrough performance and state-of-the-art technology to performance and mainstream platforms.
The Intel X58 Express Chipset supports the latest 45nm Intel Core i7 processor family at 6.4 GT/s and 4.8 GT/s speeds via the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI). Additionally, this chipset delivers dual x16 or quad x8 PCI Express* 2.0 graphics card support, and support for Intel® High Performance Solid State Drives on ICH10 and ICH10R consumer SKUs.
The Intel X58 Express Chipset supports the latest 45nm Intel Core i7 processor family at 6.4 GT/s and 4.8 GT/s speeds via the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI). Additionally, this chipset delivers dual x16 or quad x8 PCI Express* 2.0 graphics card support, and support for Intel® High Performance Solid State Drives on ICH10 and ICH10R consumer SKUs.
Hardware-assisted virtualization
Fine tune virtualization in your data center with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), delivering unique capabilities to enhance the processor, chipset and network connectivity while offering the fundamental flexibility and robustness of software-based virtualization solutions.
Leading virtualization platforms
mploying either the Intel® Xeon® processor family or Intel® Itanium® processor family, along with other virtualization optimized technologies Intel's processing performance at the native and virtualized level improves overall virtualization capabilities across a full range of 32- and 64-bit applications.
Server Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Breakthroughs in processor performance are transforming the way IT organizations utilize and improve data center productivity and energy efficiency.
Intel® Xeon® processors based on Intel® Core™ microarchitecture integrate hardware for virtualization into all key server components including Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) helping IT organizations consolidate more applications and heavier workloads on each server to improve flexibility, reliability, and total cost of ownership (TCO).
As the basis of Intel's most advanced server technology, Intel Core microarchitecture improves virtualization performance across every part of the server platform.
Breakthroughs in processor performance are transforming the way IT organizations utilize and improve data center productivity and energy efficiency.
Intel® Xeon® processors based on Intel® Core™ microarchitecture integrate hardware for virtualization into all key server components including Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) helping IT organizations consolidate more applications and heavier workloads on each server to improve flexibility, reliability, and total cost of ownership (TCO).
As the basis of Intel's most advanced server technology, Intel Core microarchitecture improves virtualization performance across every part of the server platform.
LogMeIn Rescue tool adds Intel vPro support
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
LogMeIn Rescue tool adds Intel vPro support
LogMeIn has added support for Intel's vPro and Remote PC Assist technologies into its remote control tool for helpdesk staff, extending its ability to reach out to users needing assistance with their computer.
Available immediately, the updated LogMeIn Rescue enables support technicians to remotely connect to a user's computer via the internet, even if the operating system will not start.
However, this particular capability depends on the user having a desktop or laptop with the latest version of Intel's vPro technology, which is built into the chipset and Bios firmware below the level of the operating system. LogMeIn said that it is the first remote support vendor to provide vPro integration.
Other new capabilities include support for multiple helpdesk staff to collaborate on a complex support issue, and instant chat to allow the technician and end user to communicate without requiring any pre-installed software.
Meanwhile, enhanced monitoring allows a manager to view live support sessions for quality-of-service purposes, and technicians can now securely share their desktop to provide training.
"By enabling on-demand chat, collaboration and remote control, LogMeIn Rescue helps organisations offer an enhanced remote support experience to their customers, on and off the local area network and across computing platforms," said LogMeIn vice president for product development Kevin Bardos.
LogMeIn Rescue runs on Windows PCs only, but can be used to support end users with Apple Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 systems. It can also be used to support smartphones.
Pricing starts at $99 (£70) per technician per month, and LogMeIn offers a free 14-day trial.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
LogMeIn Rescue tool adds Intel vPro support
LogMeIn has added support for Intel's vPro and Remote PC Assist technologies into its remote control tool for helpdesk staff, extending its ability to reach out to users needing assistance with their computer.
Available immediately, the updated LogMeIn Rescue enables support technicians to remotely connect to a user's computer via the internet, even if the operating system will not start.
However, this particular capability depends on the user having a desktop or laptop with the latest version of Intel's vPro technology, which is built into the chipset and Bios firmware below the level of the operating system. LogMeIn said that it is the first remote support vendor to provide vPro integration.
Other new capabilities include support for multiple helpdesk staff to collaborate on a complex support issue, and instant chat to allow the technician and end user to communicate without requiring any pre-installed software.
Meanwhile, enhanced monitoring allows a manager to view live support sessions for quality-of-service purposes, and technicians can now securely share their desktop to provide training.
"By enabling on-demand chat, collaboration and remote control, LogMeIn Rescue helps organisations offer an enhanced remote support experience to their customers, on and off the local area network and across computing platforms," said LogMeIn vice president for product development Kevin Bardos.
LogMeIn Rescue runs on Windows PCs only, but can be used to support end users with Apple Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 systems. It can also be used to support smartphones.
Pricing starts at $99 (£70) per technician per month, and LogMeIn offers a free 14-day trial.
netbook's future will be decided by Intel's Atom
Meeting Asus last week, I had a look at a scaled-up Asus S101 – the gorgeous one with the discreet Swarovski crystals – with a 12in screen instead of the 10in version. Wasn't the S121 pushing it for a netbook, I wondered? "People want to buy bigger screens," replied Asus's Hailuen Ling.
Asus gets credit for starting the netbook market in 2007 with the Eee PC 700, which had a 7in screen and was initially targeted at the schools market. RM introduced it to the UK as the MiniBook, running Linux. The idea was that it would be a consumer appliance, like a CD player or TV set: no support would be needed, beyond a reset to factory condition.
This sort of netbook was clearly different from a notebook PC. It saved money by having a small screen, no hard drive, and no Microsoft Windows — though at the time, RM said Windows and hard drives would be offered in later models. Since then, netbook screens have grown through 8.9in and 10.2in versions to the latest 12in models, and hard drives have gone from 40GB through 80GB to 160GB. Also, most netbooks now run Windows XP, thanks partly to a cut-price deal from Microsoft.
So in most respects, the only real difference between a netbook and a notebook is the use of an Intel Atom processor. This is smaller, cheaper and a lot less powerful than a Celeron, Pentium or Core chip, but it also runs cooler and provides much better battery life. There are some PCs with Atom chips that the suppliers say are not netbooks — examples include the Asus N10 and Sony's pocketable Vaio P-Series — but generally the distinction holds.
Another difference is that netbooks leave out the CD/DVD drive, encouraging users to download applications or use web-based alternatives. However, there have been plenty of notebook PCs without CD/DVD drives, going back more than a decade. Examples include Toshiba's Libretto and Portégé ranges, and IBM's ThinkPad X series. But still, as the hardware specifications improve, netbooks are getting bigger and more expensive — more like notebook PCs, in fact.
There will be some differentiation when Windows 7 arrives. Netbook suppliers will have the option of loading the cheapest Starter version, which is limited to running three applications at a time. As it's an image-based installation, users to will able to buy an in-place upgrade to a more powerful version of the operating system, if they want one.
Also, netbooks are still 32-bit systems, whereas notebooks are moving to 64-bit version of Windows. (Microsoft says giant US retailer Best Buy has already switched.) Netbooks will typically have 2GB of memory whereas 64-bit notebooks will have 4GB, 8GB, 16GB or more. The question is, how competitive will Intel make the Atom? Will it promote cheap 64-bit multi-core designs? The Atom's very power-efficient Bonnell architecture was developed to help get Intel into new markets for what it calls MIDs (mobile internet devices), and when the Sodaville "system on a chip" version arrives, consumer electronics products. It's intended to slow the advance of ARM-based chips such as the Cortex A8 and A9, which are also aimed at the MIDs/netbook market.
But the way things are going, Atom chips look like displacing sales of more expensive Core 2 processors. This could hit Intel's revenue and, perhaps, its profits. When faced with a similar challenge, Microsoft opted to sell cheap copies of XP rather than expensive copies of Vista. It hurt, but it helped stop Linux from taking over the netbook market. Will Intel take a similar line?
Asus gets credit for starting the netbook market in 2007 with the Eee PC 700, which had a 7in screen and was initially targeted at the schools market. RM introduced it to the UK as the MiniBook, running Linux. The idea was that it would be a consumer appliance, like a CD player or TV set: no support would be needed, beyond a reset to factory condition.
This sort of netbook was clearly different from a notebook PC. It saved money by having a small screen, no hard drive, and no Microsoft Windows — though at the time, RM said Windows and hard drives would be offered in later models. Since then, netbook screens have grown through 8.9in and 10.2in versions to the latest 12in models, and hard drives have gone from 40GB through 80GB to 160GB. Also, most netbooks now run Windows XP, thanks partly to a cut-price deal from Microsoft.
So in most respects, the only real difference between a netbook and a notebook is the use of an Intel Atom processor. This is smaller, cheaper and a lot less powerful than a Celeron, Pentium or Core chip, but it also runs cooler and provides much better battery life. There are some PCs with Atom chips that the suppliers say are not netbooks — examples include the Asus N10 and Sony's pocketable Vaio P-Series — but generally the distinction holds.
Another difference is that netbooks leave out the CD/DVD drive, encouraging users to download applications or use web-based alternatives. However, there have been plenty of notebook PCs without CD/DVD drives, going back more than a decade. Examples include Toshiba's Libretto and Portégé ranges, and IBM's ThinkPad X series. But still, as the hardware specifications improve, netbooks are getting bigger and more expensive — more like notebook PCs, in fact.
There will be some differentiation when Windows 7 arrives. Netbook suppliers will have the option of loading the cheapest Starter version, which is limited to running three applications at a time. As it's an image-based installation, users to will able to buy an in-place upgrade to a more powerful version of the operating system, if they want one.
Also, netbooks are still 32-bit systems, whereas notebooks are moving to 64-bit version of Windows. (Microsoft says giant US retailer Best Buy has already switched.) Netbooks will typically have 2GB of memory whereas 64-bit notebooks will have 4GB, 8GB, 16GB or more. The question is, how competitive will Intel make the Atom? Will it promote cheap 64-bit multi-core designs? The Atom's very power-efficient Bonnell architecture was developed to help get Intel into new markets for what it calls MIDs (mobile internet devices), and when the Sodaville "system on a chip" version arrives, consumer electronics products. It's intended to slow the advance of ARM-based chips such as the Cortex A8 and A9, which are also aimed at the MIDs/netbook market.
But the way things are going, Atom chips look like displacing sales of more expensive Core 2 processors. This could hit Intel's revenue and, perhaps, its profits. When faced with a similar challenge, Microsoft opted to sell cheap copies of XP rather than expensive copies of Vista. It hurt, but it helped stop Linux from taking over the netbook market. Will Intel take a similar line?
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