Dell Plugs in Four-Core Processors

Nov 9, 2006

Dell will begin shipping its first servers and workstations running quad-core 
Intel processors in a two-socket configuration next week.

Dell will feature the Quad-Core Xeon 5300 processor from Intel on its PowerEdge 
rack and blade style servers, and in Precision workstations, which a Dell
executive said is a better performing configuration than a dual-core, 
four-socket setup.

"We actually see, with the introduction of our new quad-core systems, that this 
is the beginning of the end of the four-socket marketplace over the next
three or four years," said Neil Hand, vice president of worldwide enterprise 
marketing for Dell.

A
quad-core processor
is built with four processors together on the same die. A socket is the place 
in a computer where the processor plugs in. By putting four cores in one 
processor,
computer performance can be enhanced with only two sockets instead of four 
sockets. Multicore chips allow a computer to split up heavy workloads more 
easily
for faster performance.

Dell claims quad cores in a dual-socket server configuration can deliver 63 
percent better computing performance, and 40 percent better performance per
watt, than dual-core processors in four sockets.

The performance can be further enhanced in
virtualization environments ,
Hand said.

Dell is a manufacturing partner with VMware for virtualization software. Dell, 
in its own IT department, was able to consolidate 1000 software applications
onto 100 servers using VMware, Hand said.

"If we were to redo that with quad core, instead of dual core, we'd be doing 
that on 60 or 70 servers instead of 100, so there would be another 30 or 40
percent reduction in the number of servers," he said.

More Quads to Come

Dell is joining other vendors in bringing quad-core based servers to market. 
IBM features quad-core Power processors on its System p line of servers.

Hewlett-Packard is set to launch November 13 new workstations running the same 
Intel Xeon 5300 processor Dell is using.

The Taiwanese server maker
Tyan Computer introduced
new hardware systems on October 16 targeted at small or home-based offices 
running the Xeon 5300.

Advanced Micro Devices, Intel's chief rival in the chip business, is scheduled 
to come out with a quad-core processor in mid-2007. When it does, Dell will
be ready to offer the AMD processor along with its Intel-powered models, Hand 
said.

"I'll be there the day that AMD ships," he said.

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