Intel Nehalem-EX 4-socket platform

In production later this year, the Nehalem-EX processor will feature up to eight cores inside a single chip supporting 16 threads and 24Mb of cache. Ideal for server consolidation, virtualized applications, data demanding enterprise applications and technical computing environments, Nehalem-EX will offer up to nine times the memory bandwidth of the previous-generation Intel Xeon 7400 platform. Nehalem-EX will also double the memory capacity with up to 16 memory slots per processor socket, and offer four high-bandwidth QuickPath Interconnect links. Nehalem-EX will provide tremendous scalability, from large-memory two-socket systems through eight-socket systems capable of processing 128 threads simultaneously without the need for third-party chips to "glue" the platform together. Additional scalability options including greater sockets counts will be possible with third-party solutions.

Nehalem-EX will greatly improve on today's Intel Xeon 7400 scalable performance, flexibility and advanced RAS features for data demanding enterprise applications and server consolidation. Itanium delivers the highest scalability and most advanced RAS features for the most demanding environments.

The Nehalem-EX advantage:
          −  Intel Nehalem Architecture built on Intel's unique 45nm high-k metal gate technology process
          −  Up to 8 cores per processor
          −  Up to 16 threads per processor with Intel Hyper-threading
          −  Scalability up to eight sockets via Quick Path Interconnects and greater with third-party node controllers
          −  QuickPath Architecture with four high-bandwidth links
          −  24MB of shared cache
          −  Integrated memory controllers
          −  Intel Turbo Boost Technology
          −  Intel scalable memory buffer and scalable memory interconnects
          −  Up to 9x the memory bandwidth of previous generation
          −  Support for up to 16 memory slots per processor socket
          −  Advanced RAS capabilities including MCA Recovery
          −  2.3 billion transistors


Availability

Nehalem-EX is scheduled for production in the second half of 2009.