Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz

ntroducing Intel Core2 Quad processor for notebook and desktop PCs, designed to handle massive compute and visualization workloads enabled by powerful multi-core technology. Optimized for the longest possible battery life without compromise to performance, Intel Core 2 Quad processors for notebooks allow you to stay unwired longer while running the most compute-intensive applications.

• Providing all the bandwidth you need for next-generation highly-threaded applications, the latest four-core Intel Core 2 Quad processors are built on 45nm Intel Core microarchitecture enabling faster, cooler, and quieter mobile and desktop PC and workstation experiences.
• Plus, with optional Intel vPro technology, you have the ability to remotely isolate, diagnose, and repair infected desktop and mobile workstations wirelessly and outside of the firewall, even if the PC is off, or the OS is unresponsive.
• With four processing cores, up to 12MB of shared L2 cache,� and up to 1066 MHz Front Side Bus for notebooks, and up to 12MB of L2 cache� and up to 1333 MHz Front Side Bus for desktops, the Intel Core 2 Quad processor delivers amazing performance and power efficiency enabled by the all new hafnium-based circuitry of 45nm Intel Core microarchitecture.
• Whether you`re encoding, rendering, editing, or streaming HD multimedia in the office or on the go, power your most demanding applications with notebooks and desktops based on the Intel Core 2 Quad processor.
• Intel Wide Dynamic Execution, enabling delivery of more instructions per clock cycle to improve execution time and energy efficiency
• Intel Intelligent Power Capability, designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance
• Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT), enabling greater security, manageability, and utilization
• Dual Intel Dynamic Acceleration technology, improving four-core performance by utilizing power headroom of idle cores by dynamically boosting frequency of active cores
• Intel Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth
• Larger Intel Advanced Smart Cache optimized for multi-core processors, providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem
• Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost, accelerating a broad range of applications along with Intel HD Boost utilizing new SSE4 instructions for even greater multimedia performance
• Future ready, designed to perform in highly threaded programs with powerful Intel multi-core technology

Specification

sSpec Number

• SLB6B

CPU Speed

• 2.66 GHz

PCG

• 05A

Bus Speed

• 1333 MHz

Bus/Core Ratio

• 8

L2 Cache Size

• 6 MB

L2 Cache Speed

• 2.66 GHz

Package Type

• LGA775

Manufacturing Technology

• 45 nm

Core Stepping

• R0

CPUID String

• 1067Ah

Thermal Design Power

• 95W

Thermal Specification

• 71.4�C

VID Voltage Range

• 0.85V � 1.3625V

Intel Pakistan Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33GHz

Based on Intel Core microarchitecture, the Intel Core2 Duo processor family is designed to provide

powerful energy-efficient performance so you can do more

at once without slowing down.

Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processors

* With Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor, you`ll experience revolutionary performance, unbelievable system responsiveness, and energy-efficiency second to none.

Big, big performance.

* More energy efficient. Now available in smaller packages. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor-based desktop PC was designed from the ground up for energy efficiency, letting you enjoy higher performing, ultra-quiet, sleek, and low power desktop PC designs.

Multitask with reckless abandon.

* Do more at the same time, like playing your favorite music, running virus scan in the background, and all while you edit video or pictures. The powerful Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor provides you with the speed you need to perform any and all tasks imaginable.

Love your PC again.

* Don`t settle for anything less than the very best. Find your perfect desktop powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and get the best processing technology money can buy. Only from Intel.
* Up to 6MB L2 cache
* Up to 1333 MHz front side bus

Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors

* At the dual-core heart of Intel Centrino2 processor technology, the Intel Core2 Duo processor family features a faster FSB (up to 1066 MHz), higher clock speeds, and enhanced microarchitecture technologies, helping to maximize IntelCentrino2 processor technology`s dual-core performance and power savings.
* 6 MB of total L2 cache
* Up to 1066 MHz front side bus

Delivering the best overall performance. Period.

* With Intel Core 2 Duo processors powering your desktop and laptop PCs you`ll get the latest arsenal of performance-rich technologies, including up to 6MB of shared L2 cache, up to 1333 MHz Front Side Bus for desktop, and up to 1066 MHz Front Side Bus for laptop, you`ve got the future of computing now, and only from Intel:

Intel Wide Dynamic Execution

* Intel Wide Dynamic Execution, enabling delivery of more instructions per clock cycle to improve execution time and energy efficiency

Intel Intelligent Power Capability

* Intel Intelligent Power Capability, designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance and smarter battery performance in your laptop

Intel Smart Memory Access

* Intel Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth

Intel Advanced Smart Cache

* Intel Advanced Smart Cache, providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for multi-core and dual-core processors

Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost

* Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost, accelerating a broad range of applications, including video, speech and image, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering and scientific applications

Specification

sSpec Number:

* SLB9L

CPU Speed:

* 3.33 GHz

PCG:

* 06

Bus Speed:

* 1333 MHz

Bus/Core Ratio:

* 10.0

L2 Cache Size:

* 6 MB

L2 Cache Speed:

* 3.33 GHz

Package Type:

* LGA775

Manufacturing Technology:

* 45 nm

Core Stepping:

* E0

CPUID String:

* 10676h

Thermal Design Power:

* 65W

Thermal Specification:

* 72.4C

VID Voltage Range:

* 0.85V 1.3625V

Intel Pakistan Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Introducing the Intel Core 2 Quad processor for desktop PCs, designed to handle massive compute and visualization workloads enabled by powerful multi-core technology. Providing all the bandwidth you need for next-generation highly-threaded applications, the latest four-core Intel Core 2 Quad processors are built on 45nm Intel Core microarchitecture enabling faster, cooler, and quieter desktop PC and workstation experiences.

Plus, with optional Intel vPro technology, you have the ability to remotely isolate, diagnose, and repair infected desktop and mobile workstations wirelessly and outside of the firewall, even if the PC is off, or the OS is unresponsive.

Features and benefits

* With four processing cores, up to 12MB of shared L2 cache and 1333 MHz Front Side Bus the Intel Core 2 Quad desktops processor delivers amazing performance and power efficiency enabled by the all new hafnium-based circuitry of 45nm Intel Core microarchitecture.
* Whether you're encoding, rendering, editing, or streaming HD multimedia in the office or on the go, power your most demanding applications with notebooks and desktops based on the Intel Core 2 Quad processor.
* Intel Intelligent Power Capability, designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance
* Intel Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth
* Larger Intel Advanced Smart Cache, optimized for multi-core processors, providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem.
* Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost, accelerating a broad range of multimedia, encryption, scientific and financial applications by significantly improving performance when executing Intel Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE/SSE2/SSE3) instructions.
* Intel HD Boost, implementing new Intel Streaming SIMD Extension 4 (Intel SSE4) instructions for even greater multimedia performance and faster high definition video editing and encoding.
* Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT), enabling greater security, manageability, and utilization.
* Future ready, designed to perform in highly threaded programs with powerful Intel multi-core technology.

Specifications

* Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9650
* Processor Speed 3.0GHz
* Processor Cache 12MB
* Bus Speed 1333MHz

Specifications

Intel Pakistan Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E

Easy-to-use Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution adds capacity, data protection and central access for small businesses, and the Small Office and Home Office (SOHO).

The Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E is a complete yet flexible hardware and software NAS solution that instantly adds storage capacity to small business, and the small office and home office. Powered by software from EMC, the worldwide leader in information management, the Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E offers an intuitive user interface and easy 4-step setup process. Out-of-the-box RAID and Retrospect* backup software together deliver the necessary security to protect irreplaceable digital data such as accounting records, financial data, customer information, email, sales records, product info, databases everything a small business relies on to keep their business running. With four USB 2.0 ports and two SATA ports, the Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E can be connected to most digital devices as well as additional storage devices to form the core of a shared, centralized data access system.

The Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E was designed specifically for the small business with flexibility and growth in mind, allowing you to customize and differentiate your solutions.

Specifications

* Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E
* Processor Intel Celeron processor 420 running at 1.6 GHz
* Memory DDR2 512MB
* Flash 256 MB DOM Socket provided on board
* HDD Supports up to four 3.5 SATA (3.0 Gbps) Hard Disk
* Network One Intel Gigabit LAN port
* USB 4x USB 2.0 connectors
* eSATA Two eSATA Ports
* EMI safety CE/FCC Class B
* System power 250W PSU
* Operating temperature From 10C to 35C (50F to 95F)
* Non-operating temperature From -40C to 70C (-40F to 158F)
* Non-operating humidity Up to 90% non-condensing humidity at 35C (95F)

Fedora 10 issues with intel driver and multihead

Over the holidays I upgraded my laptop to Fedora 10 (previously I had only upgraded my MythTV server). The upgrade went fairly smoothly following the information from my previous post on upgrading a MythTV server to F10. However, my laptop supports dual monitors. Of course, that didn’t work out of the box.

The laptop, my trusty Acer Aspire 1691WLMi with Intel i915GM graphics, offers output to the LCD, an external VGA port and a TV out. The latter I use when I use the laptop as a MythTV frontend and plug into the big screen TV. The VGA port I use when giving talks at user groups or presentations at work.

Note: Use of the laptop as a MythTV frontend is no longer much of an issue now that the big screen TV died right before xmas. *sigh* However, I still use the laptop as a frontend while working, with an external monitor used for normal use and the LCD as my TV screen.

With Fedora 9 and prior the setup for using multihead with the intel driver required making changes to the xorg.conf file. With F10 there is no xorg.conf file – the configuration is automatically determined by the driver. This works fine for singlehead configuration (just the LCD, for example) but fails with the external monitor. The reason it fails is that the default virtual display size is too small to place the monitors side by side (or even top and bottom) in the video memory space. What is required is a Virtual entry in the Screen Display section of the xorg.conf. This will increase the default size to something large enough to fit both monitors.

And here is where things broke with F10. If you specify the Virtual entry in that section of the xorg.conf file the gdm greeter locks up the system before you can login and use the new configuration. This is a known problem (see the Red Hat report and the associated freedesktop.org bug reports on the intel driver and GEM) that may be fixed but the latest F10 updates (as of 2009-01-01) apparently do not include the fix.

The workaround is to disable acceleration in the driver by adding the noaccel option (see my F10 xorg.conf file for an example). Disabling acceleration isn’t a problem for me so far, especially since the older F9 configuration specified that anything over 2048×2048 (which is what I need for my dual monitors) would disable 3D support anyway. However it does affect the quality of video playback under the MythTV frontend. The best configuration I can get from this is to go under Setup->TV Settings->Playback and change the following:

* General Playback: Enable realtime priority threads
* Playback Profiles: Set Current Video Playback Profile to Slim.

I then have to run the frontend as root:

sudo mythfrontend

This allows the realtime priority threads to function. The playback doesn’t drop many frames but the video is blurry, especially action shots like live sports.

Until F10 updates the xorg-x11-drv-i810 package (which hold the intel video driver), there isn’t much you can do about this short of compiling the driver yourself from X.org’s source. I don’t recommend that for the average user, however. Even I’m not inclined to grab that source and build it. Last time I did (which was before they dropped imake support) it was not a simple process. Maybe things are easier these days. Who knows.

Update: 2009-01-04

I found the MythTV is essentially useless to me with the driver in the current state so I’m going to attempt to update manually. According to the comment from Gordon Jin from the bug report, you need kernel version 2.6.28 and either the master branch or xf86-video-intel-2.6-branch or the upcoming 2.6 release of the intel driver. The latter requires a git checkout and build, something I’ve not done with X since before the switch to autoconf from imake. And I always seem to run into problems moving from the current distro kernel to a new kernel with the same config (even though I use the config from the current kernel). Not to mention that this fix requires upgrading the entire Xorg core components to 1.6 (Fedora 10 shows the X server at 1.5.3). So this is no simple feat. I wish I had fedora’s build tools to package the RPMs for X. That might make it easier. Maybe.

So my chances of success are not good here, but I’m going to give it a shot. I’ll post an update on my progress later.

Update: 2009-01-05

I just happened across the Intel open source pages tonight and was reminded about IntelLinuxGraphics.org, the primary web site for the xorg driver. I’d been here before but hadn’t really looked at the information available for developers. Tonight I read through their information on how to build the driver. It’s still not clear to me if the driver in the Master branch for xorg will build against the version of xorg I’m running, but notes in the driver source lead me to believe it may have a chance. So I’m starting down this path instead of trying to build all of the xorg source.

While I may be able to build the driver I have a feeling it may build without the fix I need given that I’m running against a 2.6.27 kernel and the older 1.5.3 Xorg server. But hey, it’s worth a shot. At the moment, MythTV is completely unusable in my dual monitor setup and I really don’t want to reinstall F9 just to get that working again. One thing I noted right off the bat (after only a few minutes playing with the build before trying to finish an already late column for Linux Format) is that the installed version of libdrm is too old as well, so I’ll have to build that too at a minimum.

More updates when I get some more time to play with this.

Intel® G45 Express Chipset [Graphics and Memory Controller Hub-GMCH] Programmer's Reference Manual (PRM) is now available

The PRM describes the architectural behavior and programming environment of the chipset and graphics devices. The GMCH's Graphics Controller (GC) contains an extensive set of registers and instructions for configuration, 2D, 3D, and Video systems. The PRM describes the register, instruction, and memory interfaces and the device behaviors as controlled and observed through those interfaces. The PRM also describes the registers and instructions and provides detailed bit/field descriptions. This information is critical to the development and maintenance of Intel graphics drivers for this hardware.

Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020

Brain waves will replace keyboard and mouse, dial phones and change TV channels


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Computerworld - By the year 2020, you won't need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel Corp. researchers. Instead, users will open documents and surf the Web using nothing more than their brain waves.

Scientists at Intel's research lab in Pittsburgh are working to find ways to read and harness human brain waves so they can be used to operate computers, television sets and cell phones. The brain waves would be harnessed with Intel-developed sensors implanted in people's brains.

The scientists say the plan is not a scene from a sci-fi movie -- Big Brother won't be planting chips in your brain against your will. Researchers expect that consumers will want the freedom they will gain by using the implant.

"I think human beings are remarkable adaptive," said Andrew Chien, vice president of research and director of future technologies research at Intel Labs. "If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said, 'I don't want that. I don't need that.' Now you can't get them to stop [carrying devices]. There are a lot of things that have to be done first but I think [implanting chips into human brains] is well within the scope of possibility."

Intel research scientist Dean Pomerleau told Computerworld that users will soon tire of depending on a computer interface, and having to fish a device out of their pocket or bag to access it. He also predicted that users will tire of having to manipulate an interface with their fingers.

Instead, they'll simply manipulate their various devices with their brains.

"We're trying to prove you can do interesting things with brain waves," said Pomerleau. "Eventually people may be willing to be more committed ... to brain implants. Imagine being able to surf the Web with the power of your thoughts."

To get to that point Pomerleau and his research teammates from Intel, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, are currently working on decoding human brain activity.

Pomerleau said the team has used Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) machines to determine that blood flow changes in specific areas of the brain based on what word or image someone is thinking of. People tend to show the same brain patterns for similar thoughts, he added.

For instance, if two people think of the image of a bear or hear the word bear or even hear a bear growl, a neuroimage would show similar brain activity. Basically, there are standard patterns that show up in the brain for different words or images.

Pomerleau said researchers are close to gaining the ability to build brain sensing technology into a head set that culd be used to manipulate a computer. The next step is development of a tiny, far less cumbersome sensor that could be implanted inside the brain.

Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology

With new laptop PCs based on Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology for the home, or Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology for business, you'll experience a new breakthrough in mobile performance, enabled longer battery life, the future of wireless now with 802.11n standard, and more, right at your fingertips.‡ Delivering performance gains of up to 50%¹ enabled by a minimum 3MB Smart Cache and 1066MHz Front Side Bus, these laptops are equipped to handle everything from robust business to masterful multimedia and everything in between. And with Intel Centrino 2 processor technology, you'll make quick work of the toughest computing tasks like HD video encoding—up to 90% faster², so you can accomplish more without the wait.

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor

Investing in new PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor family can mean big savings for your business. Delivering faster performance, greater energy efficiency, and more responsive multitasking, desktop PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor family can help your whole company be more productive.

By combining breakthrough processing speeds with advanced power saving features, desktop PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor family let you get more done in less time than ever before reducing energy costs by an average of 50 percent.¹ Processors built with Intel's unique 45nm technology offer excellent performance as well as unique energy-saving features that help PCs meet ENERGY STAR² requirements. That means reduced power consumption for desktop PCs and lower energy costs for your company.

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processors

Introducing the Intel® Core™2 Quad processor for desktop PCs, designed to handle massive compute and visualization workloads enabled by powerful multi-core technology. Providing all the bandwidth you need for next-generation highly-threaded applications, the latest four-core Intel Core 2 Quad processors are built on 45nm Intel® Core™ microarchitecture enabling faster, cooler, and quieter desktop PC and workstation experiences.

Plus, with optional Intel® vPro™ technology, you have the ability to remotely isolate, diagnose, and repair infected desktop and mobile workstations wirelessly and outside of the firewall, even if the PC is off, or the OS is unresponsive.

Intel® Core™2 processor with Viiv™ technology Key components

The cutting edge is now. Every PC with an Intel Core 2 processor with Viiv technology is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Core 2 Quad processor to give you the performance to run demanding applications and manage your HD entertainment. To see the list of all processors available for the Intel Core 2 processor with Viiv technology,

Cs built from the ground up for sensational high-definition experiences. The Intel Core 2 processor with Viiv technology includes the latest Intel chipsets with most everything you need to build a multimedia PC for HD content. Experience stunning sound from movies and music with up to 7.1 surround sound capabilities enabled by Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio). Get full 1080P video playback for movie clips, media streams, and the latest generation of HD video cameras with optional Intel® Clear Video Technology. And explore the Internet with 1GB-capable broadband Ethernet to quickly access high-definition content. The possibilities are endless.

Operating system

Microsoft Vista Home Premium* makes it easy to control and enjoy your digital media.

Intel® Core™2 Processor with Viiv™ Technology

When you want a sensational high-definition (HD) experience, look no further than PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor with Viiv™ technology. Built on the latest hafnium-infused 45nm dual- and quad-core processors, these systems give you performance for HD audio and video and your most demanding applications.

Silicon Technology from Intel

Intel is committed to continue introducing new and innovative process technologies according to Moore's Law, delivering great leaps in performance, new levels of energy efficiency, and lower cost per function to the end user
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32nm logic technology
Discover how Intel has demonstrated the world's first 32nm logic process with functional SRAM, packing more than 1.9 billion second generation high-k metal gate transistors.
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45nm logic technology
See how Intel has used dramatically new materials to develop its next-generation hafnium-based 45nm high-k metal gate silicon technology.
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65nm logic technology
Discover advanced dual- and quad-core capabilities with 65nm silicon technology.

Silicon history

Follow the silicon revolution from the invention of the transistor in 1947 to today's mega performing multi-core processors.

* 60 Years Of the Transistor: 1947-2007 (PDF 216 KB)

Silicon research

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Intel’s silicon R&D pipeline
Explore how Intel's silicon R&D pipeline includes 3-D transistors, III-V materials, carbon nanotubes, and semiconductor nanowires for future high-speed and low-power, transistors and interconnects.

Architecture & Silicon Technology

In the age of Moore's Law, Intel has delivered architecture and silicon technology with amazing transistor counts—as many as two billion and growing. With steady gains in energy efficient performance, and innovative uses of new materials, our innovations continue to enable industry leading firsts.

Intel® Microarchitecture
As the foundation for Intel's processor-technology, Intel® microarchitecture employs next-generation, 45nm multi-core technology. Optimized to deliver state-of-the-art features that raise the bar on energy-efficient performance, Intel microarchitecture continues to be the catalyst for innovative new designs.

Technology

Taking giant leaps forward at the silicon level, Intel is developing small, fast, and energy-efficient technologies to help create the next revolutionary step in mobile, desktop, and data center computing—as well as technologies that power the engine of change for our entire industry.

Revolutionary technologies optimized for business

Notebooks with Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology and desktops with Intel Core 2 processor with vPro technology deliver unique, hardware-assisted technologies that help enable a revolutionary computing experience.

* Discover. With built-in manageability and posture authentication in Microsoft* network access protection (NAP) environments, IT can discover assets even while PCs are powered off.¹
* Diagnose. Reducing downtime by providing management capabilities even when the PC's OS is inoperable, end users can request help with a keystroke from inside or outside the firewall and IT can remotely isolate and recover systems
* Verify. Hardware-based agent presence checking proactively detects that software agents are running while missing agents are automatically detected and alerts are sent to the management console.
* Isolate. Proactively blocking incoming threats, these PCs contain infected clients before they impact the network while alerting IT when critical software agents are removed.
* Update. Help keep software and virus protection up-to-date with enabled third-party software to store version numbers or policy data in non-volatile memory for off-hours retrieval or updates.

Business PCs

Notebooks with Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology and desktops with Intel® Core™2 processors with vPro™ technology are optimized to help IT better manage and protect your fleet of business PCs. Safeguarding your business from data loss and disruption, these desktop and notebook PCs deliver proactive and enhanced security and remote manageability even if the PC is off or the OS is inoperable,¹ lowering IT management costs and reducing the need for deskside visits.²

Designed to unleash the benefits of business software, Intel vPro technology helps IT enhance fleet manageability by combining PCs with Intel vPro technology with top software management solutions from providers like Microsoft, Symantec, LANdesk, HP, and more. And with the exceptional energy-efficient performance of the latest hafnium-based 45nm Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, you'll have a robust foundation for Microsoft Windows Vista* along with future 64-bit and next-generation multithreaded software.

Intel® Atom™ Processor Microarchitecture

Newly designed from the ground up, the Intel® Atom™ processor is based on entirely new hafnium-based 45nm microarchitecture. Representing Intel's smallest and lowest power processor yet¹, the Intel® Atom™ processor enables a new generation of powerful and energy-efficient Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and a new category of simple devices for the internet called netbooks and nettops that will be available at affordable prices.

Delivering new design possibilities due to its remarkably small size and performance-per-watt advantages, the Intel Atom processor provides:

* Performance for a great internet experience in a range of sub 1 watt to 4 watt thermal power envelope based on industry leading benchmarks (EEMBC) and web page rendering performance
* Greater energy efficiency for mobile devices enabled by incredibly low average power and idle power, scaling performance from 800MHz to 1.86GHz
* Power-optimized front side bus of up to 533MHz for faster data transfer on demanding mobile applicationsΔ
* Scalable performance and increased power efficiency with multi-threading support²
* Improved performance on multimedia and gaming applications with support for Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3)
* Improved power management with new Deep Power Down (C6) enabled on the Intel® Atom™ processor Z5xx series for MIDs, and extended C4 states enabled on Intel® Atom™ processor N270 for netbooks, in addition to non-grid clock distribution, clock gating, CMOS bus mode, and other power saving architectural features
* Low TDP enabled by improved power management technologies delivering high performance to run the real Internet and a broad range of software applications³

ISSCC Disclosures

Read Intel's Technical Disclosures from the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in February 2008.

Intel® Atom™ Processor

Intel® Atom™ Processor
Intel's smallest chip. Built with the world's smallest transistors¹.

"This is our smallest processor built with the world's smallest transistors. The Intel® Atom™ processor is based on an entirely new design, built for low power and designed specifically for a new wave of Mobile Internet Devices and simple, low-cost PC's. This small wonder is a fundamental new shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on these new devices. We believe it will unleash new innovation across the industry."

– Intel Executive Vice President Sean Maloney

As Intel's smallest and lowest power processor², the Intel® Atom™ processor enables the latest Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), and another new category of devices for the internet called netbooks and nettops.

Intel® Atom™ processorNewly designed from the ground up, 45nm Intel® Atom™ processors pack an astounding 47 million transistors on a single chip measuring less than 26mm², making them Intel's smallest and lowest power processors.¹ All this while delivering the power and performance you need for full Internet capabilities.+

* Get a new range of power-efficient devices with excellent performance enabled by all new hafnium-infused 45nm high-k silicon technology
* Increase energy efficiency in smaller more compact designs with a thermal design power specification ranging from less than 1W to 2.5 watts for mobile devices
* Extend battery life in select devices with an incredibly low idle and average power allowing the device to stay powered on while also conserving energy

Based on an entirely new microarchitecture, the Intel® Atom™ processor was developed specifically for targeted performance and low power while maintaining full Intel® Core™ microarchitecture instruction set compatibility. Intel® Atom™ processors also feature multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness.

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900

The new Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 provides incredible visual quality, versatile display options, and 3D performance-all without the additional cost, noise and power that discrete graphics cards can require.

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950

ntel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950

The new Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA 950) graphics core is an intelligent and responsive graphics engine built into the chipset that is on the motherboard. This integration provides incredible visual quality, faster graphics performance and flexible display options without the need for a separate graphics card

Intel® 82865G Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)

Multi-Display Capabilities of the Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller

Multi-monitor is supported on most Intel® 82865G graphics controller-based systems using PCI video cards to support additional monitors. With the latest Intel® Extreme Graphics Drivers for the Intel 82865G graphics controller, the integrated video can be either the primary or the secondary display adapter. Multi-display is not possible with the onboard display and an AGP add-in card (the AGP card will disable the onboard graphics).

System requirements for multi-monitor:

* Integrated Intel 82865G graphics controller
* PCI video card(s) that support(s) multi-monitor
* Two or more monitors
* Windows* 98SE/Me/2000/XP
* Intel 82865G graphics controller-based motherboard that supports multi-monitor
* The latest Intel Extreme Graphics Drivers for the Intel 82865G graphics controller

To use multi-monitor with the Intel 82865G graphics controller:

1. Install the latest Intel Extreme Graphics Drivers for the Intel 82865G graphics controller, or if an AGP graphics card is installed, make sure the latest drivers for that card are installed

2. Power off the computer and install the PCI video card.

Note: Opening the system case may void the warranty on some systems. Check with the system manufacturer before opening the system case.

3. Attach the second monitor to the PCI video card.

4. Power on the computer and install the drivers for the PCI video card. Check with the video card manufacturer for instructions on installing the drivers for the PCI video card.

5. Restart the computer.

6. Click Start » Settings » Control Panel » Display » Settings tab and click on the picture of monitor, and then click on the Yes button to enable the second monitor

7. Click the Apply button. The secondary monitor should now be enabled

About Intel

Intel pushes the boundaries of innovation so our work can make people's lives more exciting, fulfilling, and manageable. And our work never stops. We never stop looking for the next leap ahead—in technology, education, culture, manufacturing, and social responsibility. And we never stop striving to deliver solutions with greater benefits for everyone.

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Meet the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award Winners
Three high school students earned top honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public, when they each received an Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award and a $50,000 college scholarship.
In addition to these Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award winners, more than 500 Intel ISEF participants received scholarships and prizes for their groundbreaking work. Intel awards included the 18 "Best of Category" winners, selected from the categories, who each received a $5,000 Intel scholarship and an Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology-based notebook.
Learn more ›

The Intel® Matrix Storage Solution

Intel Matrix Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance, and expandability in 2008 for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using one or multiple hard drives, users can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. When using more than one drive the user can have additional protection against data loss in the event of hard drive failure.

Valuable digital memories are protected against a hard drive failure when the system is configured for any one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, 5 or 10. By seamlessly storing copies of data on one or more additional hard drives, any hard drive can fail without data loss or system downtime. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is easily restored. In this way, Intel Matrix Storage Technology provides the level of data protection necessary for today's digital computing platforms. In the digital office the increased redundancy reduces costly downtime and maintains employee productivity involving the PC.

Virtualization

Increasing manageability, security, and flexibility in IT environments, virtualization technologies like hardware-assisted Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)¹ combined with software-based virtualization solutions provide maximum system utilization by consolidating multiple environments into a single server or PC. By abstracting the software away from the underlying hardware, a world of new usage models opens up that reduce costs, increase management efficiency, strengthen security, while making your computing infrastructure more resilient in the event of a disaster.

Intel® 5500 and 5520 Chipset

The Intel® 5500 series of chipsets supports the latest 45nm, high-k Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor series and features support for the Intel® QuickPath Architecture allowing for exceptional bandwidth for I/O in addition to advanced virtualization support with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d).

The Intel 5500 series of chipsets supports Intel® QuickPath Interconnects at 6.4 GT/s, 5.86 GT/s, and 4.8 GT/s speeds. Additionally, this chipset delivers up to dual x16 or quad x8 PCI Express* 2.0 card support, and support for Intel® High Performance Solid State Drives on ICH10 and ICH10R.

Intel® Virtualization Technology

Intel® Virtualization TechnologyΔ delivers improved computing benefits for home users, business users, and IT managers alike. This paper describes the unique requirements that embedded systems and communications infrastructure equipment place on virtualized environments and shows how Intel is working with a number of third parties to extend the benefits of Intel Virtualization Technology to these market segments. Bounded real-time performance can be maintained while using virtualization to consolidate systems; system uptime can be increased by enabling software failover without redundant hardware; and software migration can be performed without bringing down the application. Virtualization also allows legacy applications to co-exist with new applications by executing both software environments in parallel, and it provides the means for applications to take advantage of multi-core processors without re-architecting for multi-threaded execution.

Δ Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendo

Intel® PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter

* PCI Express* Gigabit Performance to the Desktop

For PCs with PCI Express (PCIe*) slots, the Intel® PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter offers the newest technology for maximizing system performance and increasing end-user productivity. Specifically, the Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter uses auto-negotiation to allow the adapter to run at the highest available network speed (10, 100 or 1000 Mbps), and it maintains full bandwidth capacity with the dedicated 2.5-Gbps bandwidth of a PCI Express input/output (I/O) bus to provide connectivity you can count on.

High-performance, self-configuring 10/100/1000 Mbps connection for PCI Express* slots.

Easy installation, maintenance and advanced management capabilities.

Intel® PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter

Built on Intel lead-free technology1, the Intel® PRO/ 1000 GT Desktop Adapter is the environmentally friendly way to bring Gigabit performance to your desktop at no extra cost. The GT Desktop Adapter conforms to the European Union's Restrictions on the use of Hazardous Substances2 and Japan's White Goods Recycling Act.

Simplify installation and maintenance with Intel® SingleDriver™ technology.

High-performing, auto-negotiating 10/100/ 1000 connection.

Intel® PRO/100 M Desktop Adapter

Fast, managed 10/100 connections

Lower support costs through advanced management capabilities.

Simplified installation and maintenance with Intel® SingleDriver™ technology.

Improved network response time through industry-leading performance.

Intel® Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter

For PCs with PCI Express (PCIe*) slots, the Intel® Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter offers the newest technology for maximizing system performance and increasing end-user productivity. Specifically, the Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter uses auto-negotiation to ensure the adapter runs at the highest available network speed (10, 100, or 1000 Mbps), and it maintains full bandwidth capacity with the dedicated bandwidth of a PCI Express input/output (I/O) bus to provide connectivity you can count on. Based on the low-power Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller, this desktop adapter offers optimal performance in a low-cost, low-power, compact profile. Teaming support and an array of other advanced features enable customers to utilize this adapter as an entry-level server adapter as well.

Intel® Desktop Board D945GSEJT

Intel® Desktop Board D945GSEJTenlarge image

Intel is enlivening the nettop market and enabling innovative system designs with a radically thin, low-power motherboard based on the Intel® Atom™ N270 processor.

The Intel® Desktop Board D945GSEJT is designed for users demanding affordable yet stylish Internet-centric computing solutions. This breakthrough platform addresses emerging slim nettops, affordable all-in-one PCs, thin/enriched-client PCs, and other usage models with its versatile, low-power, thin form factor design.

Intel® Desktop Board DG41MJ

The Intel® Desktop Board DG41MJ may be small but it offers legacy to premium features such as parallel port, integrated VGA and DVI ports, Intel® HD Video experience1, Intel® High Definition Audio and integrated 10/100/1000 network connection to enrich users’ multimedia creation experience.

This mini-ITX form factor board supports Intel® Core™2 Quad processors and Intel® Core™2 Duo processors up to 65W Thermal Design Power (TDP) and 1333 Front Side Bus (FSB).

The Intel® Desktop Board DG41MJ is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium WHQL certified.

Intel® Desktop Board DQ43AP

Intel® Desktop Board DQ43AP is an energy efficient product for businesses interested in basic remote maintenance, management, and protection for their business PCs.

This board offers legacy to premium features including integrated DVI and VGA ports, internal eSATA port, parallel and PS/2 ports, and serial header. In addition, as part of our best-for-business products, this board comes bundled with value-add software that enhances system security and remote management options and helps increase productivity for any business.

Intel® Desktop Board DQ43AP supports Intel® Standard Manageability, Intel® Trusted Platform Module, and is Microsoft Windows Vista Premium* WHQL certified.

Demodulators and Tuners

Intel is your source for tuners, demodulators and front-end reference designs for digital TV. These products complement Intel's comprehensive family of platform solutions for consumer electronics.

Quad-Core for Servers

Second-generation Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series with 45nm quad-core technology offers you greater energy efficiency and the multitasking performance necessary to maximize your virtualization efforts with proven reliability.

Now you can run your high performing infrastructure applications on the ultimate solution for cooling and density challenges-all on the world's most popular server platform.

Hafnium-based Intel® 45nm Process Technology
Two words: relentless innovation. Using dramatically new materials including hafnium-basedAnd what is hafnium? Hafnium (Hf) is a chemical element on the periodic table. It’s silver-gray in color, highly ductile, corrosion resistant, and is chemically most similar to zirconium. Intel engineers discovered that introducing hafnium into silicon chips helps reduce electrical leakage enabling smaller, more energy-efficient and performance-packed processors. circuitry, new Intel® 45nm high-k metal gate silicon technology helps to dramatically increases processor energy efficiency and equating to more powerful computing experiences and greater flexibility of design.

With this breakthrough transistor technology, Intel is manufacturing serious advantage into every hafnium-based Intel 45nm high-k chip. These revolutionary new notebook and desktop processors enable greater performance in gaming, multimedia, and multitasking—at work, at home, or on the go.

Intel® Storage Systems

Take control of spiraling data storage volumes in your business with Intel® Storage Systems. Get robust, flexible and scalable solutions with storage area network (SAN), network-attached storage (NAS), and direct-attached storage (DAS) configurations.

Easy-to-use Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution adds capacity, data protection and central access for small businesses, and the Small Office and Home Office (SOHO).

The Intel® Entry Storage System SS4200-E is a complete yet flexible hardware and software NAS solution that instantly adds storage capacity to small business, and the small office and home office. Powered by software from EMC, the worldwide leader in information management, the Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E offers an intuitive user interface and easy 4-step setup process. Out-of-the-box RAID and Retrospect* backup software together deliver the necessary security to protect irreplaceable digital data such as accounting records, financial data, customer information, email, sales records, product info, databases—everything a small business relies on to keep their business running. With four USB 2.0 ports and two SATA ports, the Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E can be connected to most digital devices as well as additional storage devices to form the core of a shared, centralized data access system.

The Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E was designed specifically for the small business with flexibility and growth in mind, allowing you to customize and differentiate your solution

Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ Technology

Business takes you places-when it does, you want the best Intel®-based laptops for business with Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ technology. Combining remote manageability, unique hardware-assisted and proactive security features, and breakthrough mobile performance, these laptops provide reliability IT can trust, unleashed.

Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series

Go inside the latest innovations in Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, Intel® QuickPath Technology, and Intel® Hyper–Threading Technology.
Features and benefits of the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series

Intel® RAID Controllers

1. Intel® RAID Controllers are add-in cards designed to provide a wide variety of RAID solutions for Intel® Server boards and Systems.
2. Intel® Integrated Server RAID signifies unique system boards that are designed to add value above that of a standard RAID adapter card to Intel® Server Boards and Systems.
3. Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology is host-based RAID that utilizes the chipset, processors, and memory of the server board to provide basic data protection.

RAID O,1,10 capability is included with most Intel® Server Boards. RAID 5 is available with optional accessory AXXRAKSW5.

Intel® RAID is powered by LSI MegaRAID* technology.

Intel® Server Processors

Intel® server processors deliver enhanced, energy-efficient performance for data-intensive business applications. Powering a range of multi-core 64-bit servers◊, Intel server processors enable you to optimize and scale computing environments to maximize server utilization to workload, while providing you with headroom for growth.

Server Products

Intel® server products bring performance, scalability, and support to your multi-processing environment

Intel® X58 Express Chipset

Desktop PC platforms based on the Intel® X58 Express Chipset, combined with the Intel® Core™ i7 processor family, drive breakthrough performance and state-of-the-art technology to performance and mainstream platforms.The Intel X58 Express Chipset supports the latest 45nm Intel Core i7 processor family at 6.4 GT/s and 4.8 GT/s speeds via the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI). Additionally, this chipset delivers dual x16 or quad x8 PCI Express* 2.0 graphics card support, and support for Intel® High Performance

Desktop Chipsets

Get enhanced capabilities for audio, digital video and communications with Intel® chipset technologies for desktop PCs.

Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive

Extreme performance, reliability, and power savings for servers, storage and workstations
The Intel® Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) offers outstanding performance and reliability, delivering the highest IOPS per watt for servers, storage and high-end workstations.
Reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Enterprise applications place a premium on performance, reliability, power consumption and space. Unlike traditional hard disk drives, Intel Solid-State Drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool storage solution that also offers significantly higher performance than traditional server drives. Imagine replacing up to 50 high-RPM hard disk drives with one Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive in your servers — handling the same server workload in less space, with no cooling requirements and lower power consumption. That space and power savings, for the same server workload, will translate to a tangible reduction in your TCO.
Better by design
Drawing from decades of memory engineering experience, the Intel X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive is designed to deliver outstanding performance and reliability, featuring the latest-generation native SATA interface with an advanced architecture employing 10 parallel NAND flash channels equipped with single-level cell NAND flash memory for even greater overall performance and reliability. With powerful Native Command Queuing to enable up to 32 concurrent operations, these Intel SSDs deliver higher Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS) and throughput performance than other SSDs on the market today - and drastically outperform traditional hard disk drives. These Intel drives also feature low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability, meaning Intel drives not only perform better - they last longer.
Validated and tested by Intel, on Intel
All Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drives are tested and validated on the latest Intel-based server and workstation platforms, for your peace of mind.

Intel® Desktop Board DG41TY

The Intel® Desktop Board DG41TY with microATX form factor offers legacy to premium features. Parallel port, integrated VGA & DVI ports, Intel® HD Video experience1, Intel® High Definition Audio and integrated 10/100/1000 network connection, enrich your multimedia creation experience.The Intel Desktop Board DG41TY supports Intel® Core™2 Quad processors and Intel® Core™2 Duo processors and is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium WHQL certified.

Intel® Server Board S5500WB

Purposely built for high energy efficiency and lowest TCO, Intel® Server Board S5500WB offers top performance for dense computing environments.When total cost of ownership is paramount, the Intel® Server Board S5500WB offers a design optimized for efficiency, targeting Internet portal data centers, cloud computing, and high performance computing (HPC) applications. Featuring Intel’s next generation of Intel® Xeon® processor, the 5500 series, and policy-based power management via Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager, the Intel® Server Board S5500WB incorporates state of the art remote management, power and cooling optimizations to meet demanding data center requirements.

Intel® Server Boards and Intel® Workstation Boards

Intel® Server Boards and Intel® Workstation Boards are designed with cutting edge leadership technologies providing you and your customers an exceptional degree of reliability, availability and serviceability.

Intel Compiler Professional Editons

Intel® Compiler Professional Editions deliver rapid development and winning performance for the full range of Intel® processor-based platforms. Professional Editions come with the compiler’s breadth of advanced optimization, multithreading, and processor support, including automatic processor dispatch, vectorization, and loop unrolling. They also provide highly optimized performance libraries for creating multithreaded applications

intel Products

Intel's leading-edge products are designed to work together to deliver a great computing experience—for home, business, and on the go. Discover your next great technology experience with Intel inside.Intel's IT group shares their experience of deploying solid-state drives within Intel's corporate computing environment.

Intel New World

Now every new Mac ships with an Intel processor. Experience delightful responsiveness from the smallest Mac mini to the most beefed-up Mac Pro. Use one of more than 7,000 universal applications that take full advantage of the Intel chip. Run programs from your PowerPC-based Mac in translation. Powered by Intel chips, your new Mac will do all those things that only Macs can do — and do so at an asThe new Mac coreEvery Mac uses a chip based on Intel Core technology, the next generation in processor design from the world’s leading chip maker. The result of massive R&D effort involving thousands of engineers. An entire collection of revolutions shrunk into an unimaginably small space, consuming less energy, too. Two cores work together to share resources, and are designed to conserve power when their functions aren’t required. Whether in an ultra-sleek MacBook, or workstation class Mac Pro, Intel Core technology lets you get more power with less power.tonishing level of performance.

Intel Corporation

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC; SEHK: 4335) is the world's largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation and based in Santa Clara, California, USA. Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network cards and ICs, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors, and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing capability. Originally known primarily to engineers and technologists, Intel's successful "Intel Inside" advertising campaign of the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.

intel Corporate history

Intel was founded in 1968 by Gordon E. Moore (a chemist and physicist) and Robert Noyce (a physicist and co-inventor of the integrated circuit) when they left Fairchild Semiconductor. A number of other Fairchild employees also went on to participate in other Silicon Valley companies. Intel's third employee was Andy Grove,[8] a chemical engineer, who ran the company through much of the 1980s and the high-growth 1990s. Grove is now remembered as the company's key business and strategic leader. By the end of the 1990s, Intel was one of the largest and most successful businesses in the world.

intel Market history

SRAMS and the microprocessorThe company's first products were shift register memory and random-access memory integrated circuits, and Intel grew to be a leader in the fiercely competitive DRAM, SRAM, and ROM markets throughout the 1970s. Concurrently, Intel engineers Marcian Hoff, Federico Faggin, Stanley Mazor and Masatoshi Shima invented the first microprocessor. Originally developed for the Japanese company Busicom to replace a number of ASICs in a calculator already produced by Busicom, the Intel 4004 was introduced to the mass market on November 15, 1971, though the microprocessor did not become the core of Intel's business until the mid-1980s. (Note: Intel is usually given credit with Texas Instruments for the almost-simultaneous invention of the microprocessor.)

Intel, x86 processors, and the IBM PC

Despite the ultimate importance of the microprocessor, the 4004 and its successors the 8008 and the 8080 were never major revenue contributors at Intel. As the next processor, the 8086 (and its variant the 8088) was completed in 1978, Intel embarked on a major marketing and sales campaign for that chip nicknamed "Operation Crush", and intended to win as many customers for the processor as possible. One design win was the newly-created IBM PC division, though the importance of this was not fully realized at the time.

intel science telent serching

The Intel Science Talent Search (STS) is America’s most prestigious science research competition for high school seniors. Since 1942, first in partnership with Westinghouse and since 1998 with Intel, Society for Science & the Public, the Washington-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of science, has provided a national stage for America’s best and brightest young scientists to present original research to nationally recognized professional scientists.Each spring, 40 finalists are selected from a nationwide pool of thousands to attend the week-long Intel Science Talent Institute in Washington, D.C. There, students have the opportunity to present their research projects to the general public and members of the scientific community at the National Academy of Sciences, meet with distinguished government leaders and participate in a rigorous judging process. Over $1 million is awarded annually to Intel STS participants and their schools. Awards range from $5,000 scholarship grants and laptop computers for all finalists to the grand prize of a $100,000 college scholarship

Intel Server Proceesor

For performance that adapts to your application demands, intelligently scales energy use per performance demands, and offers best-in-class virtualization, turn to a more intelligent enterprise server processor—the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series—automatically and intelligently adjusting server performance according to your application needs.

Intel® Core™2 Processor with vPro™ Technology

Push productivity to new levels while reducing costs by upgrading to desktop PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology. Featuring industry-leading multi-core performance¹ along with built-in security and manageability, Intel vPro technology is designed from the ground up to keep downtime to a minimum and productivity at an all time high.²Giving your business the ultimate competitive advantage, new PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology can help reduce operating costs and increase user productivity, while enhancing network security. Upgrading can help avoid the escalating software and hardware support costs of older PCs while reducing system downtime. Plus, new power-efficient designs can aid in keeping energy costs low, while built-in security features help combat the expense of security threats.

Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO

enlarge image The Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO is designed to unleash the power of the all new Intel® Core™ i7 processors with support for up to eight threads of raw CPU processing power, triple channel DDR3 memory and full support for ATI CrossfireX* and NVIDIA SLI* technology. Today’s PC games like Far Cry 2* need a computing platform that delivers maximum multi-threaded CPU support and eye-popping graphics support.