Intel® High-Performance SATA Solid-State Drives

Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive

Overview

Extreme performance, reliability, and power savings for servers, storage and workstations
The Intel® Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) offers outstanding performance and reliability, delivering the highest IOPS per watt for servers, storage and high-end workstations.

Reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Enterprise applications place a premium on performance, reliability, power consumption and space. Unlike traditional hard disk drives, Intel Solid-State Drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool storage solution that also offers significantly higher performance than traditional server drives. Imagine replacing up to 50 high-RPM hard disk drives with one Intel X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive in your servers — handling the same server workload in less space, with no cooling requirements and lower power consumption. That space and power savings, for the same server workload, will translate to a tangible reduction in your TCO.

Better by design
Drawing from decades of memory engineering experience, the Intel X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive is designed to deliver outstanding performance and reliability, featuring the latest-generation native SATA interface with an advanced architecture employing 10 parallel NAND flash channels equipped with single-level cell NAND flash memory for even greater overall performance and reliability. With powerful Native Command Queuing to enable up to 32 concurrent operations, these Intel SSDs deliver higher Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS) and throughput performance than other SSDs on the market today - and drastically outperform traditional hard disk drives. These Intel drives also feature low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability, meaning Intel drives not only perform better - they last longer.

Validated and tested by Intel, on Intel
All Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drives are tested and validated on the latest Intel-based server and workstation platforms, for your peace of mind.

Product information
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Intel® Server chipsets

Intel® 3200 and Intel® 3210 Chipsets

Overview

The Intel® 3200 and Intel® 3210 Chipsets are designed for use with Intel® Xeon® processors 3000Δ sequence, in the LGA775 package in UP server platforms. The chipset contains two components: Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and Intel® I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9). The MCH provides the interface to the processor, main memory, PCI Express*, and the ICH9. The ICH9 I/O Controller Hub provides a multitude of I/O related functions.

The Intel® 3200 Chipset supports one PCI Express x8 port for I/O. Intel® 3210 Chipset supports two PCI Express x8 ports or one PCI Express x16 port for I/O.



















Features and benefits

Supports processors
Provides four execution cores in one physical processor helping increase system responsiveness and performance for multi-tasking. Also supports dual-core processors.

1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
Supports Intel® Xeon® processor 3000Δ sequence and processors in the LGA775 socket, with scalability for future processor innovations.

Supports Intel® 64 architecture
Runs 64-bit code and accesses larger amounts of memory while also capable of running existing 32-bit applications.

Memory Support for Dual Channel DDR2 800/667 with ECC support
Improved memory speed over previous generation and provides ECC for data integrity protection. Delivers up to 12.8 GB/s (DDR2 800 dual 6.4 GB/s) of bandwidth and 8 GB memory addressability for faster system responsiveness and support of 64-bit computing.

PCI Express* I/O Interfaces supports 1 x8 with the Intel® 3200 Chipset, and 2 x8 or 1 x16 with the Intel® 3210 Chipset
The Intel 3210 Chipset supports flexible I/O with 2x8 or 1x16 PCI Express, and the Intel 3200 Chipset provides a single PCI Express I/O x8 port . Also provides configurable Intel® I/O Controller Hub (ICH9R) 6x1 PCI Express ports to meet higher I/O server demands. Multiple interfaces eliminates the need for bridge solutions and reduces server bottlenecks.

Serial ATA* (SATA) 3 Gb/s
High-speed storage interface supports faster transfer rate for improved data access.

Intel® Matrix Storage Technology◊1
With a second hard drive added, provides quicker access to data files with RAID 0, 5, and 10, and greater data protection against a hard disk drive failure with RAID 1, 5, and 10. Support for external SATA* (eSATA*) enables the full SATA interface speed outside the chassis, up to 3 Gb/s.

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Enables focused platform and software power management to lower average power consumption while maintaining application performance and improving acoustics.

PCI-X Interface
Support legacy PCI-X server adapters using the Intel® 6702PXH 64-bit PCI hub.

Supports Hyper-Threading Technology◊2
Delivers higher processing throughput and faster response times for multi-tasking, multi-threading workload environments.

Intel Mainstream desktop chipsets

Intel® 945GT Express Chipset

Overview

The Intel® 945GT Express Chipset, combined with the Intel® Core™ Duo processor, delivers innovative features and new benefits for both home and business at low power consumption. These features provide enhanced manageability, security and responsiveness to meet evolving business needs.

The Intel 945GT Express Chipset offers outstanding system performance through high-bandwidth interfaces such as PCI Express*, Serial ATA*, and Hi-Speed USB* 2.0, and the enhanced Gen 3.5 integrated graphics controller.

Features and benefits

Supports Intel® Core™2 Processor with Viiv™ TechnologyΔ
Get ready for a new kind of consumer entertainment PC that will change the way you enjoy entertainment at home. With a system based on the Intel® 945G Express Chipset*, control the music, movies, games, and photos you want to enjoy both from your personal entertainment collections and endless entertainment options from a wide range of Intel® Core™2 processor with Viiv™ technology verified service providers delivered right to your living room.

Gen 3.5 Integrated Graphics

Delivers richer visual color and picture clarity without the need for additional graphics cards. Also supports TV Out, LVDS, CRT and SDVO for increased flexibility, allowing users to maximize the Digital Entertainment experience.

Intel® Matrix Storage Technology◊2
Provides quicker access to digital photo, video/data files with RAID 0 and data protection against a hard disk drive failure with RAID 1.

Intel® Flex Memory Technology

Facilitates easier upgrades by allowing different memory sizes to be populated and remain in dual-channel mode.

Intel Performance desktop chipsets

Intel® Chipset X58 Express

Overview

Desktop PC platforms based on the Intel® X58 Express Chipset, combined with the Intel® Core™ i7 processor family, drive breakthrough performance and state-of-the-art technology to performance and mainstream platforms.
The Intel X58 Express Chipset supports the latest 45nm Intel Core i7 processor family at 6.4 GT/s and 4.8 GT/s speeds via the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI). Additionally, this chipset delivers dual x16 or quad x8 PCI Express* 2.0 graphics card support, and support for Intel® High Performance Solid State Drives on ICH10 and ICH10R consumer SKUs.

Features and benefits

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) at 6.4 and 4.8 GT/s
Intel’s latest system interconnect design increases bandwidth and lowers latency. Supports the Intel® Core™ i7-965 processor Extreme Edition, Intel® Core™ i7-940 processors and Intel® Core™ i7-920 processors.

Intel® Matrix Storage technology◊2
With additional hard drives added, provides quicker access to digital photo, video and data files with RAID 0, 5, and 10, and greater data protection against a hard disk drive failure with RAID 1, 5, and 10. Support for external SATA (eSATA) enables the full SATA interface speed outside the chassis, up to 3 Gb/s.

Intel® Rapid Recover technology
Intel's latest data protection technology provides a recovery point that can be used to quickly recover a system should a hard drive fail or if there is massive data corruption. The clone can also be mounted as a read-only volume to allow a user to recover individual files.

Intel® Turbo Memory◊3
Intel's innovative NAND cache designed to improve the responsiveness of applications, application load times, and system boot performance. Intel® Turbo Memory, paired with the Intel® X58 Express Chipset, also allows the user to easily control the applications or data in the cache using the new Intel® Turbo Memory Dashboard interface, boosting performance further.

Connecting People and Information for Better Health

Intel in healthcare

Around the world, healthcare costs are rising. Too many people lack access to high-quality healthcare services. Paper-based workflows introduce errors and hamper productivity. Aging populations and swelling rates of chronic disease threaten to overwhelm even the most efficient healthcare systems.

Intel is delivering innovative leaps in digital technologies to help address those challenges.

We share the vision of healthcare leaders who recognize technology's potential to evolve healthcare toward more proactive, consumer-centric models of care as well as the potential to improve the quality, cost, and accessibility of healthcare services. In homes and hospitals, clinics and pharmacies, we collaborate with healthcare leaders to better connect people and information, and enable new models of care.

By helping individuals, families, and the extended healthcare community connect to the right information at the right time, we empower them to make better, more informed decisions—and accelerate the ability to radically improve health and healthcare.