Cray Inc.’s CX1 line of deskside supercomputers will now ship with the Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series (formerly codenamed “Westmere-EP”). Intel’s next generation of intelligent server processors accelerates performance and saves energy. With the addition of the new Intel Xeon processors series, the Cray CX1 line of deskside supercomputers now feature an Intel Core microarchitecture built on the company’s latest 32nm process technology. The new microarchitecture features two more compute cores per socket (from four core to six core) while maintaining the same thermal footprint. Compared to the Intel Xeon processor 5550 series released last year, these new Intel Xeon processors add 50 percent more compute power—but keep power and energy consumption levels flat. The series marks the third generation of Intel technology that has been made available to customers of Cray’s deskside supercomputers since the launch of its original Cray CX1 system. Visit Cray for more information. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.
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