IBM Corporation - 13N0650

• The larger integrated 1MB cache on this new processor option represents a productivity breakthrough that can increase the performance of Intel Xeon DP platforms in cache-intensive computing operations versus the earlier 3.06GHz /512KB cache Xeon processors
• This increased cache size enhancement coupled with the 533MHz system bus transfers information from the processor to the rest of the system at a rate up to four times faster than the 133MHz system bus used on Pentium III processors. This will translate to increased bandwidth to route traffic on the Internet and preventing the front-side bus from becoming a system bottleneck

The Intel Xeon Processor MP is exclusively designed for 4-way and greater servers and provides significant productivity gains over previous IA-32 server platforms. The compatability of Intel NetBurst microarchitecture, Hyper-Threading Technology and Integrated Three Level Cache subsystems provide the performance and scalability required for demanding enterprise applications and strategic consolidation projects. The scalability of the Intel Xeon Processor MP allows businesses to derive optimal business value by investing in fully populated platforms. By taking advantage of the performance, flexibility and compatibility of the Intel Xeon Processor MP, businesses can closely match each blade-unique solution to specific application and business requirements. The result is a more cost-effective infrastructure and a standards-based computing environment that can adapt quickly to changing needs. In addition to the performance headroom and scalability features of the Intel Xeon Processor MP, and in addition to multiple-processor support, large cache and large memory support (up to 16GB support), MP-based blade servers offer further advantages over dual processor (DP) or clusters of DP-based servers

• IBM Blade servers 8832