Intel® 5500 and 5520 ChipsetOverview
The Intel® 5500 series of chipsets supports the latest 45nm, high-k Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor series and features support for the Intel® QuickPath Architecture allowing for exceptional bandwidth for I/O in addition to advanced virtualization support with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d).
The Intel 5500 series of chipsets supports Intel® QuickPath Interconnects at 6.4 GT/s, 5.86 GT/s, and 4.8 GT/s speeds. Additionally, this chipset delivers up to dual x16 or quad x8 PCI Express* 2.0 card support, and support for Intel® High Performance Solid State Drives on ICH10 and ICH10R.
Product information
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- Compare the features of the Intel® 5520 chipset
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Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series mainstream server product brief
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Features and benefits
| Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) at 6.4, 5.86, and 4.8 GT/s | Intel’s latest system interconnect design increases bandwidth and lowers latency. Supports the Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor series. |
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| PCI Express*◊ Gen2 I/O | Serial I/O technology provides a direct connection between the MCH chipset and PCI Express* component/adapters with bandwidth up to 48 GB/s on each PCI Express Gen2 x8 interface. PCI Express offers higher bandwidth, lower latency, and fewer I/O bottlenecks than PCI-X. |
| Intel® Matrix Storage Technology | With additional hard drives added, provides quicker access to 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® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) | Enhancements to Intel Virtualization Technology performance that further speeds up virtual machine transition (entry/exit) times. Supports hardware assist for I/O virtualization using Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d).
Supports Intel® VT for Connectivity: (Intel® VT-c) which reduces I/O latency. |
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◊ PCI Express* reduced power-state "L0s" is not supported.