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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R610 Technical Guidebook
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SECTION 6. PROCESSORS
A. Overview / Description
The Intel
®
5500series2Sprocessor(Nehalem-EcientProcessor(EP)),isthemicroprocessor
designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The processor features quad-core
processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructures and highly
dense deployments. The Nehalem-EP 2S processor also features Intel’s Core™ micro-architecture and
Intel 64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems.
The5500series2Sprocessor(NehalemEP)utilizesa1366-contactFlip-ChipLandGridArray(FC-LGA)
packagethatplugsintoasurfacemountsocket.PowerEdgeR610providessupportforuptotwo5500
series 2S processors (Nehalem EP).
B. Features
Keyfeaturesofthe5500series2Sprocessor(NehalemEP)include:
•Fourortwocoresperprocessor
•Twopoint-to-pointQuickPathInterconnectlinksatupto6.4GT/s
•1366-pinFC-LGApackage
•45nmprocesstechnology
•Noterminationrequiredfornon-populatedCPUs(mustpopulateCPUsocket1rst)
•Integratedthree-channelDDR3memorycontrolleratupto1333MHz
•Compatiblewithexistingx86codebase
•MMX™support
•ExecuteDisableBitIntelWideDynamicExecution
•Executesuptofourinstructionsperclockcycle
•SimultaneousMulti-Threading(Hyper-Threading)capability
•SupportforCPUTurboMode(oncertainSKUs)
•IncreasesCPUfrequencyifoperatingbelowthermal,power,andcurrentlimits
•StreamingSIMD(SingleInstruction,MultipleData)Extensions2,3,and4
•Intel64TecnologyforVirtualization
•IntelVT-xandVT-dTechnologyforVirtualization
•Demand-basedswitchingforactiveCPUpowermanagementaswellassupportforACPI
P-States, C-States, and T-States
NEHALEM-EP 2S
PROCESSOR
FEATURES
Cache Size
32KB instruction, 32KB data, 4 or 8MB (shared)
Multi-processor
Support
1-2 CPUs
Package
LGA1366
Table: Nehalem-EP Features
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