IBM Corporation - 13N0744

• 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 help prevent the front-side bus from becoming a system bottleneck
• The combination of these processor advances optimizes the blade price/performance and enables support of a broad range of software application solutions and operating system offerings over an extended period of time
• NetBurst microarchitecture and Hyper-Threading technology provide enhanced performance, throughput and scalability for multiprocessing server applications on blade servers.
• An extended processor lifecycle reduces total cost of ownership by eliminating the need to follow traditional processor upgrade paths which typically require infrastructure spending every 12-18 months

Operating system(s):

• Caldera Open UNIX 8.x
• Caldera OpenLinux
• DOS
• IBM AIX
• NetWare
• OS/2
• Red Hat Linux
• SCO Linux
• SCO OpenServer
• SCO UnixWare
• SUSE LINUX
• Turbolinux
• VMware ESX Server
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP

This processor option with a 512KB L2 cache delivers processing power, throughput and headroom for peak performance to your application-intensive DP blade servers. It features the new Intel NetBurst microarchitecture, which increases throughput via a 533MHz system bus, and features the new Hyper-Threading technology which allows it to execute more than one thread per processor. This processor is also "embedded" with a longer product lifecycle versus non-embedded processors. The "embedded" nature of this processor on the Intel processor roadmap supports an extended production lifecycle of more than one year. These combined features increase the throughput of your blade applications and enable outstanding scalability for telephony switch-based applications, including VoIP/call processing and call gateways. These technology breakthroughs add up to faster response times, support for more simultaneous users, increased transaction and/or call processing workloads and a longer product lifecycle. This processor is designed for customers who require performance headroom for unpredictable workloads, escalating computing needs and extended life. Coupled with fast speed DDR 266 memory, this processor delivers the processing power and bandwidth that typically comes with more robust RISC platforms. By taking advantage of the performance, flexibility, compatibility and longer lifecycle of the processor, businesses and telecommunications providers can closely match each blade solution to their specific application and business requirement. The result is a more effective infrastructure and a standards-based computing environment that can quickly adapt to changing needs.

• IBM BladeCenter HS20 8832 eServer