Intel Introduces Xeon E5-2600v2 Ivy Bridge-EP Server Processors

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has introduced the Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 product family (code named Ivy Bridge-EP), which up to 45% greater efficiency and up to 50% more performance compared to the previous generation thanks to efficient micro-architecture, 22nm process technology and up to twelve cores. The new chips provide to redefine the server, storage and networking infrastructure found in datacenters.

"More than ever, organizations are looking to information technology to transform their businesses. Offering new cloud-based services requires an infrastructure that is versatile enough to support the diverse workloads and is flexible enough to respond to changes in resource demand across servers, storage and network," said Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the datacenter and connected systems group at Intel.

Intel Xeon E5-2600v2 “Ivy Bridge-EP” microprocessors for two-socket servers feature up to 12 cores (with Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost technologies), up to 30MB last level cache, up to 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes, quad-channel DDR3 memory controller and other hardware capabilities. The new chips also support a host of Intel’s processor technologies, including AVX, data protection technology, AES-NI, trusted execution and so on.

Much of the infrastructure today is not architected to support the growth in IT services. Datacenter management is often manual and static. To enable on-demand, automated services, the next generation of datacenters will need to evolve to a "software defined infrastructure" where many of the functions are managed in software. The new Intel Xeon processors provide a common, software compatible processing foundation and possess the features and tools to help transform datacenters for the future.

Data traffic generated by connected mobile devices and the associated services is expected to have a 66% compound annual growth rate over the next four years. This puts additional pressure on networking infrastructure to be more agile and efficient to allow for much faster provisioning of services.

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