Processors: December 2008

Intel® Desktop Board DG45ID - Overview

Introducing the Intel® Desktop Board DG45ID built in micro-ATX form factor. This board is designed to bring you the next level of quality home entertainment experience with integrated HDMI display output and hardware accelerated decode during high-definition playback. With support of Intel® Core™2 Quad processors and up to 1333 MHz FSB, this desktop board truly brings joy to your living room.

Intel Desktop Board DG45ID supports Dolby Home Theater* and is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium WHQL certified.

Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO - Overview

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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* technology. Today’s PC games like Far Cry 2* and Call of Duty: World at War* need a computing platform that delivers maximum multi-threaded CPU support and eye-popping graphics support. The DX58SO delivers the power you need for today and the future.

Intel® Desktop Board DG41TY- Overview

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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.

Third-Generation AMD Opteron™ Processor Server Competitive Comparison

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System Comparison

Quad-Core (45nm)
AMD Opteron™ Processors

Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 Series¹

Six-Core Intel Xeon MP 7400 Series^{2, 3}

Modular, glueless scalability	Yes	Requires Northbridge	Requires Northbridge
SMP Capabilities	Up to 8 Sockets/32 Cores	Up to 2 Sockets/8 Cores	Up to 4 Sockets/24 Cores
Direct Connect Architecture	Yes	No, uses Front-Side Bus	No, uses Front-Side Bus
Native Mulit-Core Technololgy	Yes	No	Yes
High-Performance 32-bit and 64-bit computing	AMD64	EM64T	EM64T
HyperTransport™ technology	Yes	No	No
Integrated DDR2 memory controller	Yes	No	No
Hardware-Assisted Virtualization	AMD-V™ with Rapid Virtualization Indexing	Intel VT	intel VT

Memory support	RDDR2 400/533/667/800	FBDIMM 533/667/800	FBDIMM 533/667
Maximum Memory Bandwidth 2P System	25.6GB/s^†	25.6GB/s	N/A
Maximum I/O bandwidth with 2P System	16.0GB/s ^†	14GB/s	N/A
Maximum Total bandwidth with 2P System	41.6GB/s^†	25.6GB/s	N/A
Maximum Memory Bandwidth 4P System	51.2GB/s ^††	N/A	32GB/s
Maximum I/O bandwidth with 4P System	32.0GB/s ^††	N/A	6GB/s
Maximum Total Bandwidth 4P System	83.2GB/s ^††	N/A	34GB/s
Maximum Graphics Support	Dual PCIe® x16	PCIe® x16	PCIe® x16

L1 cache size (max)	64KB (Data) + 64KB (Instruction) per core	32KB (Data) + 32KB (Instruction) per core	32KB (Data) + 32KB (Instruction) per core
L2 cache size (max)	512KB per core	6MB (shared) x 2	6-9MB (3MB per 2 cores)
L3 cache size (max)	6MB (shared)	N/A	6-9MB (shared, inclusive)
SIMD Instruction Set Support	SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A	SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1	SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1

†	AMD 2P System – AMD Opteron™ 2300 Series processor with 1 HyperTransport™ technology bus and 2 HyperTransport™ technology I/O Buses with DDR2-800 memory
††	AMD 4P System – AMD Opteron 8300 Series processor with 4 HyperTransport™ technology Inter-processor Buses and 4 HyperTransport™ technology I/O Buses with DDR2-800 memory
¹	With Intel 5400 chipset
²	With Intel 7300 and 7200 Chipset
³	Other OEM chipsets support additional capabilities

AMD Opteron™ Processors for Workstations

Introducing enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors Worldwide
Using AMD-developed Direct Connect Architecture, the newly available enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors provide the performance, power, and virtualization efficiencies important to businesses of all sizes.

The enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor is the fifth AMD Opteron™ processor product released by AMD using Direct Connect Architecture. Enabling current and future technologies such as virtualization, web hosting, streaming environments, and database by lowering latency and improving performance, AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture give you the performance to fit your growing business needs.

AMD Opteron™ Processor Family

AMD Opteron™ Processor Family

Introducing enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors Worldwide
Using AMD-developed Direct Connect Architecture, the newly available enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors provide the virtualization, power, and performance efficiencies important to businesses of all sizes.

Processors

Friday, December 5, 2008