Rave Computer Announces Custom Servers and Workstations Based on Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series
01 April 2009
Rave Computer announced today that it now offers custom and off-the-shelf solutions based on Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series. This break-through technology allows Rave Computer to better serve customer needs with solutions featuring intelligent performance, automated energy efficiency, and flexible virtualization.
The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series features an integrated memory controller and Intel QuickPath Interconnect Technology for bandwidth intensive applications, providing up to 25.6 GB/sec bandwidth per link. This new Intel microarchitecture features up to 18 slots of high-speed DDR3 memory, Hyper-Threading Technology, and Turbo Boost Technology for performance on demand.
"Rave's newest solutions feature the new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, the industry's most innovative quad-core standard high volume server processor," said Karl Rosenberger, Sr. Product Manager, Rave Computer. "It allows us to offer differentiated products that deliver leading performance, energy efficiency, and virtualization capabilities to our customers."
- Up to 3.5x the bandwidth for technical computing
- Up to 2.25x performance for enterprise computing
- 2x software threads and performance boost on demand
- Highest system level performance/watt
- Lower system idle power
- Dynamically turns cores on/off meeting performance needs
- Ability to expand existing pools with Intel VT
- FlexMigration
- Unique capabilities for live VM migration over network
- Highest 2S virtualization scores for more VMs per server
