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One constant in computing is that the world’s hunger for faster performance is never satisfied What are we really looking for? Superior Performance Energy Efficiency Ultimately Energy-Efficient Performance We have had Hyper-Threading (HT) Dual-Core and Core 2 Duo And now Quad-Core Road to Quad-Core Technology

One constant in computing is that the world’s hunger for faster performance is never satisfied

What are we really looking for?

Superior Performance

Energy Efficiency

Ultimately Energy-Efficient Performance

We have had

Hyper-Threading (HT)

Dual-Core and Core 2 Duo

And now

Quad-Core

What is Quad-Core? Four execution cores in one package Each core runs at a lower frequency Power normally given to a single core is divided among four cores Resulting in higher performance per watt of power consumed Performance = Frequency x Instructions/Clock Cycle Power = Dynamic Capacitance x Voltage 2 x Frequency Are designed to Plug into current motherboards Meet thermal and electrical specifications Reduce Total Cost of Ownership Increase Return on Investment Fabricated on 65nm Silicon Process Technology

Four execution cores in one package

Each core runs at a lower frequency

Power normally given to a single core is divided among four cores

Resulting in higher performance per watt of power consumed

Performance = Frequency x Instructions/Clock Cycle

Power = Dynamic Capacitance x Voltage 2 x Frequency

Are designed to

Plug into current motherboards

Meet thermal and electrical specifications

Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

Increase Return on Investment

Fabricated on

65nm Silicon Process Technology

Intel Core Micro-Architecture Intel Advanced Smart Cache L2 cache shared between 4 cores Dynamic usage (up to 100%) per core Intel Wide Dynamic Execution More instructions per clock cycle Each core can complete up to 4 full instructions simultaneously Intel Virtualization Technology Hardware assisted virtualization Fully-Buffered DIMM Technology High speed memory access Intel I/O Acceleration Technology Hardware assisted I/O Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) Efficient processor and platform thermal control System fans spin only as fast as needed to cool the system Slower spinning fans generate less noise Features on an Intel Quad-Core Processor

Intel Core Micro-Architecture

Intel Advanced Smart Cache

L2 cache shared between 4 cores

Dynamic usage (up to 100%) per core

Intel Wide Dynamic Execution

More instructions per clock cycle

Each core can complete up to 4 full instructions simultaneously

Intel Virtualization Technology

Hardware assisted virtualization

Fully-Buffered DIMM Technology

High speed memory access

Intel I/O Acceleration Technology

Hardware assisted I/O

Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS)

Efficient processor and platform thermal control

System fans spin only as fast as needed to cool the system

Slower spinning fans generate less noise

Quad-Core Insides

Four dedicated physical threads Helps operating systems and applications deliver additional performance End users experience better multitasking and multi-threaded performance Across many types of applications and workloads What Does Quad-Core Mean for End Users?

Four dedicated physical threads

Helps operating systems and applications deliver additional performance

End users experience better multitasking and multi-threaded performance

Across many types of applications and workloads

Performance Benchmarks: For Workstations

Performance Benchmarks: For Servers

Consumer Video Encoding Professional Image Editing Special Effects 3-D applications such as Ray Tracing, Animation, Computer Aided Design Gaming Artificial Intelligence Character Physics Scene Rendering Quad-Core: A Few Applications

Consumer Video Encoding

Professional Image Editing

Special Effects

3-D applications such as Ray Tracing, Animation, Computer Aided Design

Gaming

Artificial Intelligence

Character Physics

Scene Rendering

Optimize Datacenter Efficiency Server Virtualization and Consolidation & Grid Computing Are helping companies simplify their datacenters, improve utilization, and reduce total costs IT has more granular control to support these advances Explore transformative business solutions Real-time business interactions to automated asset tracking These solutions demand fast throughput for multiple, simultaneous transactions: a perfect fit for multi-core processor-based platforms Take advantage of increasingly flexible CPU resources Multi-core processors enable increasingly granular allocation of processing power Plan on using these capabilities to tailor and enhance service levels for multiple applications and complex workloads Return on Technology Investment

Optimize Datacenter Efficiency

Server Virtualization and Consolidation & Grid Computing

Are helping companies simplify their datacenters, improve utilization, and reduce total costs

IT has more granular control to support these advances

Explore transformative business solutions

Real-time business interactions to automated asset tracking

These solutions demand fast throughput for multiple, simultaneous transactions: a perfect fit for multi-core processor-based platforms

Take advantage of increasingly flexible CPU resources

Multi-core processors enable increasingly granular allocation of processing power

Plan on using these capabilities to tailor and enhance service levels for multiple applications and complex workloads

We require a Multi-threaded application that concurrently retrieves Topographical Details Regional Satellite Maps Earthquake Activity Data And then Combines and Layers Images and Data To create a Photorealistic 3-D Map Quad-Core: An Innovative Application Software to predict Natural Disasters Perfectly suited to run on a multi-core processing platform

We require a

Multi-threaded application that concurrently retrieves

Topographical Details

Regional Satellite Maps

Earthquake Activity Data

And then

Combines and Layers Images and Data

To create a

Photorealistic 3-D Map

Intel Quad-Core Processor Home http://www.intel.com/quadcoreserver/index.htm AnandTech Quad-Core Review http://www.anandtech.com Tom’s Hardware Guide (THG) http://www.tomshardware.com Further Reading

Intel Quad-Core Processor Home

http://www.intel.com/quadcoreserver/index.htm

AnandTech Quad-Core Review

http://www.anandtech.com

Tom’s Hardware Guide (THG)

http://www.tomshardware.com