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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R610 Technical Guidebook
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SECTION 6. PROCESSORS
A. Overview / Description
The Intel
®
5500series2Sprocessor(Nehalem-EcientProcessor(EP)),isthemicroprocessor
designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The processor features quad-core
processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructures and highly
dense deployments. The Nehalem-EP 2S processor also features Intel’s Core™ micro-architecture and
Intel 64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems.
The5500series2Sprocessor(NehalemEP)utilizesa1366-contactFlip-ChipLandGridArray(FC-LGA)
packagethatplugsintoasurfacemountsocket.PowerEdgeR610providessupportforuptotwo5500
series 2S processors (Nehalem EP).
B. Features
Keyfeaturesofthe5500series2Sprocessor(NehalemEP)include:
 •Fourortwocoresperprocessor
 •Twopoint-to-pointQuickPathInterconnectlinksatupto6.4GT/s
 •1366-pinFC-LGApackage
 •45nmprocesstechnology
 •Noterminationrequiredfornon-populatedCPUs(mustpopulateCPUsocket1rst)
 •Integratedthree-channelDDR3memorycontrolleratupto1333MHz
 •Compatiblewithexistingx86codebase
 •MMX™support
  •ExecuteDisableBitIntelWideDynamicExecution
 •Executesuptofourinstructionsperclockcycle
 •SimultaneousMulti-Threading(Hyper-Threading)capability
 •SupportforCPUTurboMode(oncertainSKUs)
  •IncreasesCPUfrequencyifoperatingbelowthermal,power,andcurrentlimits
 •StreamingSIMD(SingleInstruction,MultipleData)Extensions2,3,and4
 •Intel64TecnologyforVirtualization
 •IntelVT-xandVT-dTechnologyforVirtualization
 •Demand-basedswitchingforactiveCPUpowermanagementaswellassupportforACPI
P-States, C-States, and T-States
NEHALEM-EP 2S
PROCESSOR
FEATURES
Cache Size
32KB instruction, 32KB data, 4 or 8MB (shared)
Multi-processor
Support
1-2 CPUs
Package
LGA1366
Table: Nehalem-EP Features