Johannesburg, 08 Dec 2006
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider, has announced the introduction of five new PRIMERGY server models: the tower models TX200 and TX300 S3, the rack-based models RX200 and RX300 S3 as well as the blade servers BX620 S3.
All new form factors run on the new Intel Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors E5310 and E5320, codenamed "Clovertown", recently unveiled by Intel, and take advantage of the almost doubled performance per watt compared to the latest generation of Intel Dual-Core processors.
All these server models support the three available Intel Xeon series processors of the 5300 sequence, offering the widest range of performance choice for all customer demands in the typical application scenarios. These new models are now available throughout the EMEA region.
With the best performance per watt users get more computing power from fewer servers, thus reducing the waste heat and power consumption in the data centres. This will lead to direct cost savings in the IT infrastructure. The embedded virtualisation technology of the Intel Xeon processors delivers optimised support of virtual machines such as VMware and Xen and make the PRIMERGY servers an ideal choice for consolidation in data centres.
"Intel processors are known for their excellent performance, reliability and compatibility. That's why Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Intel have cooperated closely for many years. Fujitsu Siemens Computers was involved in the development of the Bensley platform, which is the basis for the Xeon processors, from the beginning. We thus had the opportunity to tune our PRIMERGY S3 server generation to an optimum," comments Kgaogelo Mohlala, Product Manager, Servers at Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
"Intel's new processor generation combines superb performance with superior power efficiency and reliability. This is another enhancement to our enterprise product portfolio tuned to meet customers' toughest demands while delivering maximum value."
"Intel has made this next step in the computer's ongoing evolution as fast and easy as possible through continued investment in silicon process and manufacturing technology, innovative and tailored product design, and a myriad of software developer tools and programs. This ensures immediate benefits for our customers," said Christian Morales, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing Group Europe, Middle East, Africa, Intel.
"We are overly excited about the fruits of the cooperation with Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Fujitsu Siemens Computers didn't just present a range of new Server Systems based on the new Intel Xeon Processor, but their PRIMERGY TX300 S3 server delivered record-breaking web server performance with a SPECWeb2005 score of 18160."
The processor update with new Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5300 series processors paves the way to the next level of performance per watt in PRIMERGY Rack, Tower and Blade servers. With only 80 watts of power consumption per processor socket combined with four cores highest performance, the computing needs of sophisticated data centre applications as well as of standard application scenarios will be best supported. Together with 8MB second level cache (2x 4MB) and the up to 1 333MHz bandwidth front side bus a real performance boost of more than 30% (TPCC) can be expected, compared to latest Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5100 series.
For more technical details, please see attached data sheets.
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