INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2003 - Speaking to
technology industry engineers and developers, Intel Corporation's
senior vice president Mike Fister today discussed the need for better,
faster and more valuable enterprise solutions.
Fister highlighted innovations in high performance computing (HPC),
manageability, modularity, Intel platforms and future technologies as
examples of how the company is working with hardware and software
providers to better resolve customer challenges.
"IT managers are faced with increasingly complex problems and depend
on the industry to deliver sophisticated solutions so they can remain
competitive," said Fister. "Working together toward the common goal of
satisfying this need is the catalyst for continued growth and
innovation for our industry."
Solving technical computing analysis challenges requires systems that
can provide high performance, compelling price/performance, and a
range of solutions and tools. Intel's growing success in the HPC
market segment is an example of how solutions built on Intel-based
platforms can provide these capabilities at significant cost savings
with increased flexibility and more choice. Intel-based HPC systems at
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Labs
represent some of the world's largest and most powerful HPC
implementations.
To help enable more valuable solutions for companies, Intel is working
with the industry to deliver enterprise modular computing capabilities
and today introduced the Intel(r) Enterprise Blade Server family, a
new product line designed to bring flexibility and simplified
management to an enterprise environment.
The first product is the Intel Server Compute Blade SBXL52 which
provides two Intel(r) Xeon(tm) processors per blade with a total of 14
blades per chassis. The platform features simplified compute and
networking management through the Intel(r) Management Module and the
Intel Deployment Manager by VERITAS* OpForce(tm). In addition, Intel
plans to release a four-way Intel Xeon processor MP-based blade
("McCarran") later this year.
Intel's continued product improvements will be highlighted in 2004
when the company will enhance the Intel(r) Itanium(r) 2 family with a
larger cache processor, and refresh the versions optimized for dual
processor and lower power systems. The Intel Itanium processor family
continues to receive broad industry support as evidenced by IBM's
preview of plans for a forthcoming 16 way Intel Itanium 2
processor-based system.
The Intel Xeon processor MP family for servers with four or more
processors will be extended with a larger cache processor in the first
half of 2004. The first 90-nanometern (nm) Intel Xeon processor MP
(code-named "Potomac") will follow with support from a new Intel
chipset (code-named "Twin Castle").
Intel will also continue to enhance its industry-leading Intel Xeon
family for dual processor servers and workstations with a faster
product in 2003 and its first 90-nm enterprise processor in the first
half of 2004 (code-named "Nocona"). Intel disclosed an additional
90-nm processor (code-named "Jayhawk") that will follow Nocona. Nocona
will be supported by new server and workstation chipsets from Intel
(code-named "Lindenhurst," "Lindenhurst VS" and "Tumwater").
New technologies will help further platform performance and
scalability. PCI Express, delivered in Intel's next generation
chipsets and supported by industry leaders including Dell, will
replace existing architectures and offer enhanced bandwidth to meet
the needs for such technical innovations as faster processors, memory,
graphics, and communications.
One of the last legacy technologies in a system - the BIOS, which
operates after a system is powered on but before the operating system
starts - is over 20 years old. To help simplify developing silicon
support and tools for this so-called "pre-boot" environment, Intel
also disclosed the Intel(r) Platform Innovation Framework for EFI
(Extensible Firmware Interface). This Framework will help improve
platform manageability, serviceability and recovery of systems.
Intel, too, has need for better, faster and more valuable enterprise
solutions. Sandra Morris, Intel's chief information officer joined
Fister to discuss Intel's internal Intel Itanium 2 processor
deployments for mission critical applications such as supply chain
applications, Internet infrastructure, customer support, marketing,
and product development.