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Clarification: Nehalem-EP and DDR3
I have seen a lot of contrasting comments about Nehalem-EP and memory speed on the community groups – especially in the area of supported speed ratings: often in the context of comparison to Opteron’s...
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Shanghai Economics 101
Before the release of the Istanbul 6-core processor we wanted to preview the CAPEX comparisons we’ve been working on between today’s Opteron (Shanghai) and today’s Nehalem-EP. The results are pretty...
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Shanghai Economics 101 – Conclusion
In the past entries, we’ve looked only at the high-end processors as applied to system prices, and we’ll continue to use those as references through the end of this one. We’ll take a look at other...
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Intel’s $1.1B Euro Slap On the Wrist, Must Sell 2.3M Chips
May 13th, 2009 – besides being my birthday – marks the day that the European Competition Commission drew a $1.1B Euro fine (about $1.4B US dollars) on Intel for going “to great lengths to cover up its...
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First 12-core VMmark for Istanbul Appears
VMware has posted the VMmark score for the first Istanbul-based system and it’s from HP: the ProLiant DL385 G6. While it’s not at the top of the VMmark chart at 15.54@11 tiles (technically it is at the...
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AMD Istanbul and Intel Nehalem-EP: Street Prices
It’s been three weeks after the official launch of AMD’s 6-core Istanbul processor and we wanted to take a look at prevailing street prices for the DIY upgrade option. Istanbul Pricing (Street) AMD...
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Quick Take: 6-core “Gulftown” Nehalem-EP Spotted, Tested
TechReport is reporting on a Taiwanese overclocker who may be testing a pair of Nehalem 6-core processors (2P) slated for release early in 2010. Likewise, AlienBabelTech mentions a Chinese website,...
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Quick Take: Magny-Cours Spotted, Pushed to 3GHz for wPrime
Andreas Galistel at NordicHardware posted an article showing a system running a pair of engineering samples of the Magny-Cours processor running at 3.0GHz. Undoubtedly these images were culled from a...
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Quick Take: HP Blade Tops 8-core VMmark w/OC’d Memory
HP’s ProLiant BL490c G6 server blade now tops the VMware VMmark table for 8-core systems – just squeaking past rack servers from Lenovo and Dell with a score of 24.54@17 tiles: a new 8-core record. The...
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Fujistu RX300 S5 Rack Server Takes 8-core VMmark Lead
Fujitsu’s RX300 S5 rack server takes the top spot in VMware’s VMmark for 8-core systems today with a score of 25.16@17 tiles. Loaded with two of Intel’s top-bin 3.33GHz, 130W Nehalem-EP processors...
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