Nugaither, Intel General Manager for Saudi Arabia (left), and Gilles Pellet, Intel Director of Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa, announcing the launch of Intel's new versions of server processors in Riyadh, Monday. – Courtesy photoRIYADH – The launch of Intel's fastest enterprise and high-performance computing chips that increase the processing speed by three times is set to revolutionize the Saudi data processing industry. Gilles Pellet, Intel's Director of Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa, unveiled two new versions of server processors – the Intel® Xeon® 5600 series and the Intel® Xeon® 7500 processor series at a media launch here, Monday. Abdullaziz Al-Nugaither, Intel General Manager for Saudi Arabia, was also present. Pellet said the new versions of Intel processors are the first server and workstation computer chips based on the groundbreaking new Intel 32 nm logic technology. It uses Intel's second-generation high-k metal gate transistors to increase speed while decreasing energy consumption. “The Intel Xeon Processor 5600 series will be the backbone of mainstream computing environments. The data centers (in Saudi Arabia) can replace 15 single-core servers with a single new one, and achieve a return on their investment within five months of installation,” said Pellet. He said the data centers will also benefit from the power efficiency of the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series. A two-socket server using the new low-voltage Intel Xeon processor L5640 can deliver the same performance as a server using the previous generation's champion: the Intel Xeon processors X5570 series, but with up to 30 percent lower platform power, he said. The Intel® Xeon® 7500 processor series include from two to 256 chips per server offeing three times more speed than the Intel's existing Xeon 7400 series on common, leading enterprise benchmarks and equipped with more than 20 new reliability features. The combination of two will help users push to new levels of productivity, and accelerate the industry's migration away from proprietary architectures. “In less than 90 days, Intel has introduced all-new 2010 PC, laptop and server processors that increase energy efficiency and computing speed and include a multitude of new features that make computers more intelligent, flexible and reliable,” he said.
