14 DAY TRIAL // NEC has officially introduced its latest servers, powered by the Xeon E5-2600 line of processor that Intel unveiled less than 24 hours ago.
The new systems bear the name of Express5800 E5 Generation Series and boast the ProgrammableFlow technology.
NEC's ProgrammableFlow Networking Software reduces the complexity and cost of networking through a Software Defined Networking architecture.
“Customers are demanding platforms that deliver both versatility and performance,” said Dylan Larson, director of marketing for Intel’s Datacenter Infrastructure Group.
“The Intel Xeon E5-2600 product family delivers exceptional energy efficiency, trusted security, and leading performance. NEC’s continued investments take advantage of these innovations to deliver platforms that meet customers’ needs.”
We aren't going to start listing all the advantages of Intel's new chip series, even though they are the main cause behind the improvements exhibited by NEC's inventions.
After all, we've already covered the launch, as well as elaborated on the integration of the I/O in the CPU, the massive boost in performance per watt and the ability to encrypt and decrypt data in real time.
Nevertheless, we'll still mention that the Xeon E5-2600 are up to 80% higher-performing than their predecessors, the Xeon 5600 series.
“The combination of NEC’s Express5800 E5 Generation Servers with ProgrammableFlow networking delivers high levels of advanced infrastructure solutions for the next-generation data center,” said Mike Mitsch, vice president of IT products, NEC Corporation of America.
“The Express5800 E5 generation continues to demonstrate NEC’s commitment to deliver advanced innovation to Intel’s next generation processor architecture.”
In addition to the CPUs, IT handlers can control the energy used by the DIMM memory slots as well, even set a limit to how high it can go.
Basically, the new products promise better performance, security and power efficiency for the cloud, while supporting a higher operational temperature and a more flexible system configuration (there are more PCI Express slots available).