Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 20:56:14 06/20/01
benchmarks Intel® Itanium™- based systems Intel® Itanium™-based systems are designed to provide outstanding computing power in the key areas of security, transaction processing, computer-aided engineering, and high-performance technical computing. Security Performance Coradiant* Secure Transactions Transaction Processing Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering.MSC.Nastran – Nastran 70.7.2 High Performance / Technical Computing.Linpack*-1000 SPEC CPU2000 Performance – SPECint2000 SPEC CPU2000 Performance – SPECfp2000 System Memory Bandwidth Performance.STREAM* Scientific Computing Performance Sixtrack* Benchmark @ CERN Workload is clients requesting 2K object. Details at http://www.networkshop.ca/documents/icspreview.pdf Different processor MHz on Sun* systems based on systems available at time of tests. updated results pending All projections based on Intel estimates for Sun USII* 450 MHz, Sun USIII* 750 MHz. Itanium™ 800 MHz prototype measurement using online transaction processing (OLTP) workload testing at Intel on test system configurations. Source for Sun USII* : http://www.mechsolutions.com/support/prod_support/nastran*/performance/v 707_sngl.html#Vend_Sun SUN E6500: Single USII 400 MHz, Solaris 7, 2 Gb, 2 Controllers, 11 disks (10,000 rpm, 9gb). Source for Intel Itanium Processor: Intel Measurements on an Itanium-based System: Single 800 MHz 4M Cache in Itanium-based system, 16GB RAM, Microsoft Windows* 2000/64 (Whistler Beta). USII* 450 MHz measurement at www.netlib.org USIII* 750 MHz projection based on Intel estimates Itanium processor 800 MHz prototype measurement (test system configuration) Source for Sun USII* and USIII* results: results published at www.spec.org. Itanium processor prototype measurement 800 MHz / 4M, 266 MHz Bus (133/2X) with 460GX chipset Source for Sun USII* and USIII* results: results published at www.spec.org. Itanium™ processor prototype measurement 800 MHz / 4M, 266 MHz Bus (133/2X) with 460GX chipset. Second processor dedicated to running operating system. Source for Sun USII* and USIII* results: www.cs.virginia.edu/stream, triad performance. single CPU Itanium™ Processor Prototype Measurement 800 MHz / 2M, 266 MHz Bus (133/2X), triad performance. single CPU. source: http://www.space.com http://www.spec.org, Sun: 900MHz USIII CERN, running in-house code on Fujitsu-Siemens Itanium System. Source for all data: Report from Coradiant under contract with Intel Sun E420R, 4P USII* 450 MHz, RSA SSL-C libraries Sun E450, 4P USII* 400 MHz, Open_SSL libraries with Hardware SSL acceleration Lion 4P, Itanium C0 800MHz/ 266FSB 4MB Cache w/ RSA SSL-C* libraries Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel® products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, reference http://www.intel.com/procs/perf/limits.htm or call (U.S.) 1-800-628-8686 or 1-916-356-3104. * Legal Information and Privacy Policy © 2001 Intel Corporation frequently asked questions about the Intel® Itanium™ processor family Q1. What is the Intel® Itanium™ processor ? How is this different than the products based on IA-32? A1. The Intel® Itanium™ processor (formerly code-named Merced) is designed to provide features that enable scalability, high availability, performance, investment protection, and choice for high-end servers and workstations. The Itanium processor represents the most significant advancement to the Intel® architecture since the 80386. The Itanium processor is the first product in the Itanium processor family based on the EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing) design technology and incorporates a number of new technologies, features and capabilities that make it ideal for the high-end server and workstation markets. The Intel Itanium processor family will complement the IA-32 processor family to provide a complete line of Intel® processor-based platforms for all computing environments. Q2. What is EPIC? A2. EPIC stands for Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing–a new design philosophy going beyond the RISC and CISC processors that are available today. EPIC technology enables greater instruction level parallelism than previous processor architectures, supporting higher levels of performance in targeted application segments. The Itanium architecture is based on EPIC technology. EPIC is based on a unique combination of innovative features such as predication, speculation and explicit parallelism enabling world-class performance for the high-end enterprise class of computing. Q3. What is the difference between EPIC technology and Itanium processor based architecture? A3. All products in the Intel Itanium processor family are based on the Itanium architecture. The Itanium architecture is based on the EPIC design philosophy. Itanium architecture is much more than the typical 64-bit architecture; it was designed from the ground up to address the needs of enterprise computing. The architecture incorporates several advanced features for scalability and performance while maintaining backward binary compatibility to IA-32 instructions in hardware. As with IA-32 architecture, the Intel Itanium architecture will be the foundation for an entire family of products. Q4. What will be the MHz of Itanium processor-based systems? A4. Itanium processor-based systems will be available at 733 and 800Mhz in 2MB and 4MB L3 cache configurations. Q5. What kind of performance can we expect from the Itanium processor? A5. Itanium-based systems are introducing new performance, scalability and reliability advantages to the highest levels of enterprise/technical computing in a cost-efficient way, ushering-in a new era of enterprise computing. The performance of Itanium-based systems is tailored to the needs of large database management, data mining, secure e-Commerce, computer-aided engineering, and high-performance scientific and engineering computing. We're seeing world-class performance in these target areas. We expect system performance benefits to increase as application vendors continue to utilize optimized software development environments such as compilers, libraries, tools and OSs. Q6. What features does the Intel Itanium processor include that make it relevant to address the high-end server market? A6. The high-end server market requires a highly available and balanced system which is much more responsive, compared to a desktop system. Intel Itanium processor-based systems will extend the capabilities of the Intel architecture to the most demanding server environments that often rely on costly and proprietary architectures today. Servers are used to run mission-critical business applications and must have the performance, scalability and reliability to meet the needs of this market. The Itanium processor provides 2MB or 4MB of L3 cache; 64-bit addressability; EPIC features such as speculation, predication and parallelism; along with massive machine resources of 128 integer and 128 floating point registers to deliver immediate benefits to the demands of the server market. Server applications such as large databases and business intelligence will benefit immediately from the 64-bit addressing as well as the EPIC features delivered by the Intel Itanium processor, which will provide higher availability, performance, and improved transaction throughput. Q7. What features does the Intel Itanium processor include that make it relevant to address the workstation market? A7. Features of the Intel Itanium processor, such as increased floating point performance, memory bandwidth, and memory addressability to handle large data sets, will significantly enhance performance and lead to improvements in the workstation market. Workstation applications in the high-performance computing segment, digital content creation, mechanical and electrical design automation will benefit from 64-bit addressing, floating-point performance, and the EPIC features delivered by the Intel Itanium processor. Q8. What makes this 64-bit architecture different from other 64-bit architectures on the market? A8. The advanced features of the Intel Itanium architecture go beyond 64-bit memory addressability. Intel Itanium processors contain advanced EPIC technology which enables world-class performance, high availability and scalability, and IA-32 binary compatibility in hardware for end user investment protection, a combination offered by no other architecture. Moreover, the Intel Itanium processor is already supported by more OEMs than any other 64-bit architecture. Q9. What is the Operating System support for Itanium-based systems? A9. The Itanium™ processor includes support from four operating systems, including Microsoft (Windows XP 64-bit Edition, 64-bit Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition 2002), Linux (from four distributor companies - Red Hat, SUSE, Caldera and Turbo Linux), and two Unix versions - Hewlett Packard's HP-UX 11i v 1.5 and IBM's AIX-5L. Please ask each company for specific information and shipment plans. Q10. What is the difference between Xeon™ processor-based systems and Itanium-based systems? When should one company buy one system over the other? A10. Itanium-based systems target the most demanding enterprise computing and technical applications including large database, data mining, e-Commerce security transactions, computer-aided engineering, and high-performance scientific and engineering computing. Customers who have new applications or projects that require the performance, scalability and large memory addressability that the Itanium architecture provides should consider using Intel Itanium-based systems. Xeon processor-based systems continue to provide the solution of choice, industry-leading performance, and price/performance for existing IA-32 applications. Q11. Will the Intel Itanium processor family eventually replace IA-32? A11. No. The IA-32 architecture has a strong future roadmap and will continue to provide value to its target market segments. The two architectures will complement each other to enable a full range of solutions based on the Intel architecture for all computing environments. Q12. Will Itanium processor-based systems be compatible with IA-32 systems? Will IT be able to effortlessly migrate their systems to Itanium processor-based systems? A12. Optimal performance for Itanium processor-based systems will be achieved with 64-bit software. The Intel Itanium processor supports 32-bit binary compatibility in hardware. Because compatibility is always also dependent on OS and system features, IT should work with their solutions vendors to validate their complete solution environment, including current IA-32 code. Q13. When will I be able to buy an Itanium processor-based system? A13. Sales of Itanium-based servers and workstations have begun. Intel expects approximately 25 system manufacturers to offer more than 35 models this year and hundreds of hardware, software and application vendors will market solutions throughout the year depending on individual production and validation schedules. Itanium-based systems target the most demanding enterprise computing and technical applications, including large database management, data mining, secure e-Commerce transactions and computer-aided engineering, as well as high-performance scientific and engineering computing. Q14. What is McKinley? A14. McKinley is the code name of the second processor in the Intel Itanium processor family and will extend the family into new solutions in the high-end enterprise server and technical computing market segments. McKinley will follow the same development and rollout phases as the Itanium processor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If some or any of the members or software developers here at CCC have use of the Itanium Processor tm, please respond to any benefits or deficits of this new IA-64 chip in relation to chess. Thanks! Regards, Terry McCracken
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