CERN: Defining the Future of Computing
Case Study: Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series, Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series
Performance: Data-Intensive Computing
CERN openlab tests the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series
CERN openlab is a framework for evaluating and integrating cutting-edge IT technologies and services in partnership with industry, focusing on future versions of the World-Wide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid* (WLCG*). Through close collaboration with leading industrial partners, CERN acquires early access to technology before it is available for the general computing market segment. As such CERN openlab tested an Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series-based server and an Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series-based server for use with its Large Hadron Collider* (LHC*) and infrastructure services.
Challenges:
• Test new technologies: CERN openlab develops and evaluates leading edge IT solutions for CERN in partnership with industry
• Processor power: It needs to evaluate the performance, energy-efficiency and scalability of new processors to ensure that CERN has the best technologies available for its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) activities and its infrastructure services
Solutions:
• Benchmarking next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor: CERN openlab carried out extensive benchmarking on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series and the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series
• Performance assessments: Compared next-generation processors to current generation, comparing like-for-like performance and scalability
Impact:
• Significant throughput gains: Intel Xeon processor 5600 series delivered significant overall gains, for example, a 61 per cent throughput increase when using in-house benchmarks, compared to the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series
• Stunning performance leap: Intel Xeon processor 7500 series offered a stunning 3x performance improvement compared to the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series
• Plan and deploy: CERN ordered 1,500 Intel Xeon processors 5600 series for its activities
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CERN: Defining the Future of Computing
Case Study: Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series, Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series
Performance: Data-Intensive Computing
CERN openlab tests the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series
CERN openlab is a framework for evaluating and integrating cutting-edge IT technologies and services in partnership with industry, focusing on future versions of the World-Wide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid* (WLCG*). Through close collaboration with leading industrial partners, CERN acquires early access to technology before it is available for the general computing market segment. As such CERN openlab tested an Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series-based server and an Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series-based server for use with its Large Hadron Collider* (LHC*) and infrastructure services.
Challenges:
• Test new technologies: CERN openlab develops and evaluates leading edge IT solutions for CERN in partnership with industry
• Processor power: It needs to evaluate the performance, energy-efficiency and scalability of new processors to ensure that CERN has the best technologies available for its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) activities and its infrastructure services
Solutions:
• Benchmarking next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor: CERN openlab carried out extensive benchmarking on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series and the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series
• Performance assessments: Compared next-generation processors to current generation, comparing like-for-like performance and scalability
Impact:
• Significant throughput gains: Intel Xeon processor 5600 series delivered significant overall gains, for example, a 61 per cent throughput increase when using in-house benchmarks, compared to the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series
• Stunning performance leap: Intel Xeon processor 7500 series offered a stunning 3x performance improvement compared to the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series
• Plan and deploy: CERN ordered 1,500 Intel Xeon processors 5600 series for its activities
Read the full CERN:Defining the Future of Computing Case Study.
