Posts Tagged ‘Intel’
Single and Dual Intel Xeon L5520 v. Cloud Benchmarks – Value in Recycling
Recycling older server processors can yield great results. We benchmarked single & dual Intel Xeon L5520 configurations v. Amazon AWS EC2 & Rackspace Cloud
Intel Atom S1260 Benchmarks and Review – Centerton v. The Cloud
The Intel Atom S1260 shows that it is not the fastest contender in our Linux Benchmark suite but is still an interested dedicated server node solution.
Intel Big Data – Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop Software v3
Today the Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop software v3 saw commercial availability. Intel held a San Francisco press event to share its Big Data product
Intel Atom S1200 Series Centerton
At the Intel Atom S1200 series Centerton launch event keeping a log in the forums of the Atom S1200 event. Will keep updating the forum post with raw notes and then do a writeup for the main site later. Here are some key points:
Sorry Charlie: Why Intel Broadwell BGA is not the End of the World
This week the Internet has been abuzz about a SemiAccurate report that Intel’s Broadwell CPU is going to be BGA only. The immediate view of this is that the end of the era where users can tweak their PC’s. I don’t think t...
Intel Xeon Phi 5110P Coprocessor – Many Integrated Core Unleashed
Intel finally released its first commercially available Larrabee derivative, the Intel Xeon Phi co-processor 5110P. Basically it has 60x four thread x86 64-bit cores with enhanced vector units. 30MB of L2 cache for each chip br...
Low Power Intel CPUs for HTPC/ NAS/ Home Server Builds
Today I am taking a look at Intel’s low powered CPU’s with the intention to show which would suit your low powered build. I am trying to focus on three categories: HTPC, home server, NAS or other device. The below I...
Intel Core i5-3470 77w Quad Core CPU Benchmarks and Review
At the initial Ivy Bridge launch in Q2 2012, Intel released both the Intel Core i5-3470 and Core i5-3450. The latter model suffered a 100MHz clock speed disadvantage over the Core i5-3470. Pricing was set very interestingly, bo...
Intel Core i3-3240 55w Dual Core CPU Benchmark and Review
Today we are looking at the Intel Core i3-3240. With Hyper-Threading, the Intel Core i3-3240 is a dual core four thread CPU. Cache is 3MB, much lower than quad core parts. At 3.4GHz is is quick, but a power user really wants t...
Intel Core i3-3220 55w Dual Core CPU Benchmark and Review
After months of waiting, September saw the release of the Intel Core i3-3220 and other Ivy Bridge based Core i3 and Pentium CPUs. This is significant in the marketplace because Intel sells an absolute ton of these CPUs both in ...
