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Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook
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SECTION 6. PROCESSORS
A. Overview / Description
The Intel
®
5500 series 2S processor (Nehalem ‑ 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 T610 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