Dual-boxing, four-handed, two Nehalem-EX processors (1)

One fact that not many people know is that Intel's Nehalem-EX series Processors not only include Xeon 7500 series Processors for the 4-way and above server markets, it also includes a Xeon 6500 series processor for dual-circuit design.

 
Designed as a dell pe M910 blade server that fits both the 7500 series and 6500 series applications

The limit that Xeon 6500 can only be used in the dual-channel market is achieved through the QPI bus, which is the same as that of single-channel Xeon/desktop Core i7, which has only one QPI and cannot assemble dual-channel platforms. So why are there two series of 6500 and 5600 for dual-channel Xeon? If you don't pay attention to it, the two figures are really similar!

The Xeon 6500 processor has never been seen before. This is its eldest brother, Xeon 7500. At least in terms of appearance, there is no difference between 6500 and 7500.

This is justified. Nehalem-EX is not only a continuation of the original four-way Xeon, but also an innovation. Besides the comprehensive advantages brought by the Nehalem family architecture change, it also has its unique capabilities: more computing cores, large-capacity memory support, and a variety of RAS features that enhance system stability and availability, these issues are lacking in common dual-road platforms. In some applications, people do not need the powerful computing capabilities of platforms with four or more paths, but only hope to obtain large system memory and various advanced RAS features, because there is a large price gap between systems with four or more roads and systems with two or lower roads, we hope to have some economical solutions that meet the requirements.

 

Dell pe M910 FlexMemory Bridge technology: in dual-processor configuration, with an additional module, M910 can use all the memory in the original four-way configuration, for example, providing a total memory capacity of GB

Intel heard this call, and Xeon 6500 came into being. Of course, we didn't get this product, ...... By removing two processors, we can observe the performance of this configuration.