Intel launches Intel Xeon processor E7 family

Mumbai: Intel, the world leader in computing innovation today announced the launch of Intel Xeon processor E7 family. Enabling IT departments to better manage data-intensive environments through new security and reliability features and record-breaking performance, a new family of server processors that accelerate mission-critical computing have been announced by Intel, a company statement said here. The record-setting Intel Xeon processor E7-8800/4800/2800 product families build on Intel's previous generation of server processors to set a new standard for high-end computing applications, including business intelligence, real-time data analytics and virtualization. Strengthening the line of defence for data centers, the new processors also provide advanced security features that ensure greater data integrity, the release said. IT managers seeking to achieve greater economic efficiencies can replace 18 dual-core servers with a single Xeon processor E7-based server. "Intel has been changing the economics for mission-critical computing server deployments for more than a decade, and today we are raising the bar yet again," Intel Corporation's Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sales & Marketing Group, Tom Kilroy said. The days of IT organisations being forced to deploy expensive, closed RISC architectures for mission-critical applications are rapidly nearing an end, Kilroy said. Beginning today, more than 35 systems based on the Intel Xeon processor E7 family are expected to ship from manufacturers around the world, Kilroy said. Intel India has also significantly contributed to developing Intel Xeon processor E7 family, which is Intel's first 10-core processor with 30MB of L3 cache memory and 2.9 billion transistors. The Intel India team based in Bangalore jointly led the design of the Intel Xeon processor E7 family, which is a global program performed in collaboration with other teams in the US. The Intel India team planned and executed design activities including designing, pre and post silicon logic validation to get the Intel Xeon processor E7 family productised. "This product demanded a significant amount of innovation and cross-geo teamwork, and the team in India has once again proven its exceptional engineering capability and showed us its focus on execution and innovation," Intel South Asia's Managing Director, Sales & Marketing Group, said R Sivakumar said.