Xeon

by Rafael Hernandez on July 15, 2010 · 0 comments

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Server processors tend to go for all out performance, which you do want, but that need for speed leads to nasty things like heat output and energy consumption that you have to manage one way or another. Of course processor manufacturers will gladly sell you some finely tuned CPUs that claim to pull less energy […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2010 · 0 comments

In the server sector you’ll find computing density is much more important than clock rates, although that does help things move along quicker, so you’re likely to find many more cores on the CPUs in the multi-processor environment they so richly deserve. Intel’s Xeon 5670 Westmere processor runs along at 2.93GHz sports 6 cores and […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 23, 2008 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing to learn about business it’s that time is money, so waiting on your servers to get you the data you need invariably ends up costing you. AnandTech has thoughtfully decided to run the latest in server…

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