DellDell PowerEdge R910 Technical Guide 82 Key Technologies2.1 OverviewThe Intel® Xeon® E7-4800 and E7-8800 product family and the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series aredesigned specifically for server applications. These processors feature 4-core, 6-core, 8-core, and10-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructuresand highly dense deployments. These Intel Xeon processors also feature Intel Core™ micro-architecture and Intel 64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operatingsystems.The PowerEdge R910 implements a number of new technologies: Intel® Xeon® E7-8800 and E7-4800 product family 32GB low-voltage (LV) DIMMs Fusion-io® solid-state storage cardsThe Dell™ PowerEdge™ R910 also implements some existing key technologies: Intel 7500 chipset DDR3 RDIMM memory Internal dual SD module 6G SAS technology 10GbE Embedded NIC2.2 Intel Processors Feature SetKey features of the Intel Xeon E7-4800 and E7-8800 product family include: Up to ten cores per processor Up to 30 MB shared L3 cache 32 nm process technology Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) and AESNI (AES New Instructions) RAS DDDC (Double Device Data Correct) Intel HyperThreading (2 threads/core)Key features of the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series include: Up to eight cores per processor Four full-width, bidirectional point-to-point Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links at6.4 GT/s Four Intel® Scalable Memory Interconnects (SMI) at 6.4 GT/s Socket – LS, LGA 1567 package No termination required for non-populated processors (must populate CPU socket 1 first) 64-byte cache line size RISC/CISC hybrid architecture Compatible with existing x86 code base Optimized for 32-bit code MMX support Execute Disable Bit Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution (Executes up to four instructions per clock cycle) Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) capability (2 threads/core) Support for CPU Turbo Mode on certain models (increases processor frequency if operatingbelow thermal, power, and current limits) Streaming SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) Extension 4