SeaMicro is shipping what it bills as the world’s most energy-efficient 64-bit x86 server — and it’s not hype. The SM10000-64 features 256 Intel Atom N570 dual-core processors.
SeaMicro’s architecture, combined with Intel’s Atom chip technology, equals 512 1.66-GHZ x86 cores in a rack system — and that translates to 75 percent less power consumption in less space without any software modifications.
“Intel is committed to working with innovative companies to deliver extraordinary solutions,” said Jason Waxman, general manager of Intel’s Data Center Group. “The combination of SeaMicro’s unique server architecture and the new dual-core Intel Atom processor, which provides 64-bit OS support and four gigabytes of OS-addressable memory all while maintaining the benefits of x86 software compatibility, makes for a very compelling value proposition.”
Intel Inside
How compelling? SeaMicro reports that its latest offering offers more computing power per unit and more computing space per unit than any other system.
Indeed, SeaMicro’s 1.28-terabit-per-second supercomputer-style fabric makes it possible for the SM10000-64 to deliver five times more bandwidth per unit than traditional servers. That means applications that require extensive server-to-server communication, such as Hadoop, can run more quickly by keeping network bottlenecks from inhibiting application performance.
Intel makes it all possible. The N570 supports 64-bit operating systems, four gigabytes of operating system addressable memory per socket, and is the first low-power Atom processor to support virtualization.
Each dual-core N570 processor supports four threads and delivers the industry’s best performance per watt for Internet workloads. When used on a SeaMicro motherboard, and in conjunction with SeaMicro power management technology, the N570 uses, at peak utilization, less than one watt for each gigahertz of computing.
Small, But Powerful
“SeaMicro was one of the first to market with servers that contain chip technologies that would more commonly be in the embedded and small-device space,” said Charles King, principal analyst…