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The Pentium© III Xeon? Processor for Servers and Workstations
Larger Cache Sizes and Higher Clock Speeds?For the Demands of Mid-Range and Higher Servers.
From Internet solutions to traditional server environments, Pentium© III Xeon? processors deliver industry-leading performance for mid-range and higher server applications. Pentium© III Xeon? processors are available at speeds up to 933 MHz to provide the best Intel performance available for applications running on advanced operating systems and provide the reliability to meet your customers critical business needs.
Key Features & Benefits:
Available in versions that support up to 2-, 4-, and 8-way scalability. Greater multiprocessing capabilities with clustering technologies.
1M/2M large cache sizes and scalable platforms provide headroom and performance to quickly and affordably respond to the unpredictable growth of e-Business. Large cache sizes are also ideal for supporting midrange and backend applications.
Compatibility with a full range of readily-available enterprise operating systems and applications including Solaris*, Unixware*, Windows NT*, Linux*, Netware* and OEM-specific UNIX* systems.
Cacheable address space up to 64GB.
Drop-in compatibility with most server motherboard designs using SC330 processor packaging.
Designed to deliver 24x7 system uptime with key reliability and manageability features at the processor and platform level to meet business critical server application requirements.
Internet Streaming SIMD Extensions
The Pentium III Xeon processor includes support for 70 new instructions for improved floating point, media and streaming memory performance on applications and operating systems. New Streaming SIMD Extensions benefit many TCP/IP Internet- and network-related technologies and benefit applications requiring an Internet interface, such as web hosting, e-commerce, database, and enterprise resource planning. Operating systems and applications optimized with the Streaming SIMD Extensions are projected to see a performance boost of 5-10%, depending on the solution stack.
Pentium III Xeon Processor for Servers
Advanced Management Features
Pentium III Xeon processors provide a variety of advanced features that enhance the ability of a server platform to monitor and protect the processor and its environment to maximize system uptime and ensure optimal configuration and operation of the server including:
Thermal Sensor allows system to actively manage thermal conditions
Error Correction Code (ECC) helps maintain the integrity of mission-critical data
Functional Redundancy Checking (FRC) to confirm processing integrity
System Management Bus (SMBus) for efficient communications between the processor thermal sensor, processor specific P.I. ROM, OEM-writeable EEPROM and the rest of the system.
Software-accessible Processor Serial Number for tracking and identification purposes.
Pentium III Xeon Processor for Workstations
Pentium III Xeon processors deliver industry-leading performance on mid range and above workstation applications. Streaming SIMD Extensions will boost the performance of a wide range of workstation applications. The instructions provide faster, richer development of digital content for special effects, rendering, 3D painting and texturing, displaying high-end 3D graphics and streaming media and improve performance in a wide range of applications like geophysical modeling and finite element analysis.
Unified Platform
Intel-based workstations also provide a unified platform for high performance workstation applications as well as desktop productivity applications. Your customers can now seamlessly share data between applications and with the rest of the enterprise. The enhanced integration of business and workstation computing on one system enables one consistent computing environment to significantly lower support costs and improve many business processes.
Comparison of Processor Technologies
Technology Pentium© III Xeon? Processor Pentium© II Xeon? Processor Pentium© Pro Processor
Packaging
(connector type) SECC SECC SPGA
Available core speeds 933, 866, 850, 800, 750, 700, 733, 667, 650, 600, 550, 500 MHz 450, 400 MHz 200, 180, 166 MHz
Multiprocessor support
1-8 1-8 1-4
L2 cache bus speed Full core speed Full core speed Full core speed
L2 cache addressability 64 GB 64 GB 64 GB
Built-in Level 2 cache 256k Advanced Transfer Cache, 512k, 1M, 2M
512k, 1M, 2M
512k, 1M
Built-in Level 1 cache
32k 32k 16k
System bus speed
600+ MHz = 133 MHz
550, 500 MHz = 100 MHz 100 MHz 66 MHz
MMX? technology Yes Yes No
System Management Bus Yes Yes No
Supported Intel PCIsets
450NX/440GX/Intel© 840/Profusion© 440NX/440GX 440FX, 450KX/GX
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