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Intel Launches Its Xeon 6 Nuclei Formally

Intel has launched seven models of the Intel Xeon 7400 version manufactured in 45 nanometer (nm). The new processor offers up to six cores per chip and 16MB of shared memory cache, allowing applications developed for virtualized environments and workloads that use large amounts of data - such as those in databases, business intelligence, Enterprise Resource Planning and consolidation of servers? get up to 50% improvement in performance in some cases.

The platforms based on these processors can be expanded to provide up to 16? Sockets? processors, providing the servers up to 96 processor cores on the inside, plus a great capacity for expansion, major computationally intensive, extensive memory resources and maximum reliability for data centers.

? The arrival of these processors from Intel extends the leadership segment of the high-end servers? has stated Tom Kilroy, Intel vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group in the company. ? This new family of processors enables IT business environments manage increasingly complex, offering a great opportunity to enhance the multi-application performance in the infrastructure for a stable platform. New features such as additional nuclei, greater shared cache and advanced technologies for virtualization, allowing the processor Xeon 7400 version provide a record performance, prompting businesses to the next stage in virtualization deployments?.
Several records in performance

The Intel Xeon processor 7400 version has already achieved several world records in the categories of four eight sockets, as the main sector banks test conducted for virtualization, database, enterprise resource planning and electronic commerce. IBM, after establishing a record score of 1.2 million tpmC with its System x platform * 3950 M2 eight sockets, has obtained a record high result in servers with four-socket server System x 3850 * M2, achieving a score of 684,508 tpmC with the benchmark TPC *- C, which is responsible for assessing the performance of a database in an environment of online transaction processing.

A server HP ProLiant DL580 G5 has obtained with the benchmark SAP-SD, which assesses the ability of a server in sales and distribution operations with SAP software, a world record of 5155 SD-Users. Also, a server Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX600 * S4 has succeeded in SPECint * _rate2006 benchmark, which assesses the performance of the whole number of a system, a record with a score of 291. Also, have also achieved records in other major type of business benchmarks.


The platform virtualization elected

Based on technology from Intel 45nm process with high-k and reinvented some transistors using a formula of metal gate-based High-K Hafnium, Xeon processors 7400 version offers significant improvements in performance and reduced power consumption , Providing nearly 50% improvement in performance in some cases, and up to 10% reduction in energy platform, achieving a world record of 18.49 in the benchmark Vmmark, a category four-socket servers 24 processor cores, using a shelf Dell PowerEdge R900 with VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 .*
These improvements in the performance of virtualization and advanced virtualization benefits such as Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) FlexMigration make servers based on Xeon processor version in 7400 platforms ideal for customers who want to standardize their infrastructures virtual. The FlexMigration facilitates migration to VM platforms from previous generations, present and future based on the Core microarchitecture. This will guarantee the protection of investment managers who want to establish a set of virtualized systems, using them to facilitate the recovery of failures and disasters, load balancing, optimizing the server maintenance and reducing the time inactivity of the systems.
Details of the product and customers

These products offer some frequencies up to 2.66 GHz and a reduction of energy consumption to 50 watts, including the first version of 6 cores compatible with x86 technology, and 65 watts which is a consumption slightly less than 11 watts per core processor, with some platforms available as a rack, tower and high-density modules.

The Xeon processor 7400 version is compatible with existing platforms Intel Xeon processor-based version in 7300 and 7300 with the Intel chip memory capacity of up to 256GB, allowing IT departments rapid deployment of the new processor in infrastructure stable platform.

Starting today, over 50 system manufacturers worldwide have announced the launch of servers based on Intel Xeon 7400 version, including server rack with four sockets Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, Sun, Supermicro and Unisys; modular servers with four sockets Egenera, HP, Sun and NEC as well as servers expandable up to 16 sockets IBM, NEC and Unisys.

Many software vendors also supports platforms based on Intel Xeon 7400 version, launching some innovative solutions that enable the implementation of strategies for virtualization and improvements in the performance of high-end business equipment, including Citrix, IBM , Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, SAP and VMware.

The price for the Xeon processors version 7000 (on orders of 1000 units) ranges between 856 and 2,729 dollars. For more information on the Intel Xeon 7400 version, visit the website dedicated to the Intel Xeon. For more information on world records and other matters, visit the Intel Web.

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The tests and performance ratings are evaluated using systems and / or specific computer components, and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in the design of hardware or software system may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components that are thinking about buying. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit www.intel.com / performance / resources / limits.htm or call (U.S.) 800-628-8686 or 916 -- 356-3104.
         
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Hesitation Dialogue by Lehman; Growing Fears of Bankruptcy

Manager and financial consultant Investment Eugene Grin Negotiations for the sale of Lehman Brothers Holdings wavered on Sunday, triggering concern that the investment bank and all its hedge funds, Eugene Grin finance which will effect the
Stock market as well as investment returns and can go to a bankruptcy by the end Today.

Begins the Agony of the DVD; Samsung Gives Little Hope of Life to Blu-Ray

The Korea Times newspaper has published that Sony will stop distributing DVDs in this country. The DVD in South Korea appears to have counted the days.
Sony is not the first to stop marketing DVDs in that country, before they had already made that decision other companies such as Paramount, Disney (Buena Vista), Universal and 20th Century Fox.
        

Mossberg: MobileMe Has Too Many Flaws to Rely on the Service

People who work for large companies are accustomed to having their email, calendar and contacts synchronized instantly among its several computers and smartphones. But the average consumer did not have an easy way to do that. Generally had to lose a lot of time manually synchronizing contacts and calendars.

So it was a great event when Apple announced its new service, which for $ 100 a year, would synchronization style company email, calendar and contacts at all. Even better, the service would operate on computers running Windows and Mac OS X; further into iPhone and iPod Touch. As cherry, Apple would 20GB of online storage, the ability to synchronize bookmarks browsers and a photo gallery online.
        

Colombia's External Debt Rises to 7.23 Pct March

Reuters - Bogota (Reuters) - The balance of Colombia's external debt rose by 7.23 percent through March compared to the amount reported to the same month last year, led by the public sector, reported on Tuesday, the Central Bank.
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Microsoft Updates Its Converter Documents, Office 2004 and Office 2008 for Mac

The Business Unit of Microsoft has released three updates to its system for converting documents format. Docx to. Doc, an update for Office 2004 that allows you to access the new document format. Docx included in the release Office 2007 for Windows and 20008 Office for Mac and a maintenance update for Office 2008 for Mac that offers improved stability and performance of the suite.
        
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ATI and NVidia Sued by Agreeing Prices

According to the National Law Journal, one of five U.S. nationals in cases of fixed price in high-tech pending in San Francisco could reveal important information to all users.

Nvidia and AMD / ATI have been accused of 51 separate cases of monopolistic actions by agreeing on prices of graphics processing units. Among the documents against AMD / ATI and Nvidia, is an email from vice president of marketing Dan Vivoli, the president of ATI and chief operating officer, Dave Orton:
        
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