Tag Archives: Intel

Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series Processors Released

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Yesterday, Intel finally released the much anticipated Xeon E5-2600 family of processors, also known as Sandy Bridge-EP. This is a Tock release for Intel (which means a new microarchitecture) that still uses the same 32nm manufacturing process as the previous … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Hardware Tidbits, Nov 29, 2011

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Since Microsoft is moving to core-based licensing for SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition, with a minimum of four physical core licenses per physical socket, I have had a few questions about what is the “best” quad-core processor to choose for … Continue reading →

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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 14

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Since 2006, Intel has adopted a Tick-Tock strategy for developing and releasing new processor models. Every two years, they introduce a new processor family, incorporating a new microarchitecture; this is the Tock release. One year after the Tock release, they … Continue reading →

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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 13

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Glenn Berry

For Day 13 of this series, we will cover Intel Turbo Boost Technology. This is not like the the old Turbo button that was on many computers back in the 1980s-1990s. Instead, Turbo Boost Technology and the newer Turbo Boost … Continue reading →

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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 11

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Glenn Berry

For Day 11, I want to talk about the new processor numbering system for Xeon processors that Intel introduced on April 5, 2011. This new system will only be used for the new processors that Intel released on April 5 … Continue reading →

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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 10

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Wow, we are 1/3 of the way through this series! Today’s post is “Classic Intel Xeon Processor Numbering Explained”. By “classic”, I mean Intel Xeon processors produced from about 2006 until April 2011 (when Intel introduced a new processor numbering … Continue reading →

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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 8

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Glenn Berry

For Day 8 of my SQL Server hardware series, I want to give my current recommended Intel Processor List for different sizes of database servers and different workload types. This list has a lot of changes because of all of … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on the Intel Sandy Bridge Chipset Recall

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I awoke this morning to see a number of stories breaking about the Intel Sandy Bridge H67/P67 Chipset Recall. I also had a number of Tweets directed at me (@GlennAlanBerry) and several e-mails from people asking me what I thought … Continue reading →

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My First Sandy Bridge Desktop System

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I was standing in line at the Denver Micro Center at 11AM this morning (despite the beginnings of a small blizzard), so I could get my hands on a 32nm Intel “Sandy Bridge” Core i7 2600K processor. It is a … Continue reading →

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