Intel Xeon Processors

Intel Corporation has extended its lead in the high-end server segment, setting new standards in virtualization performance with the launch of seven 45 nanometer (nm)-manufactured Intel Xeon Processor 7400 Series products. With up to six processing cores per chip and 16MB of shared cache memory, applications built for virtualized environments and data demanding workloads, such as databases, business intelligence, enterprise resource planning and server consolidation, experience dramatic performance increases of almost 50 percent in some cases.

Platforms based on these processors can scale up to 16 processor "sockets" to deliver servers with up to 96 processing cores inside, offering tremendous scalability, ample computing threads, extensive memory resources and uncompromising reliability for enterprise data centers.

"The arrival of these processors extends Intel's lead in the high-end server segment," said Tom Kilroy, Intel vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group. "This new processor series helps IT manage increasingly complex enterprise server environments, providing a great opportunity to boost the scalable performance of multi-threaded applications within a stable platform infrastructure. With new features such as additional cores, large shared caches and advanced virtualization technologies, the Xeon 7400 series delivers record-breaking performance that will lead enterprises into the next wave of virtualization deployments."

Product Details, Customers
These products offer frequencies up to 2.66 GHz and power levels down to 50 watts, including the first 6-core, x86 compatible 65-watt version which translates to just under 11 watts per processor core, with platforms available in rack, tower and highly dense blade form factors.The Xeon 7400 processor series is compatible with Intel's existing Xeon 7300 series platforms and the Intel 7300 chipset with memory capacity up to 256GB, allowing IT departments to quickly deploy the new processor into a stable platform infrastructure.Starting today, servers based on the Intel Xeon 7400 processor series are expected to be announced by more than 50 system manufacturers around the world, including four-socket rack servers from Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, Sun, Supermicro and Unisys; four-socket blade servers from Egenera, HP, Sun and NEC; and servers that scale up to 16-sockets from IBM, NEC and Unisys.

PowerPC Extension Technology Microprocessor

The primary objective of this manual is to help programmers provide software that is compatible across the family of 64-bit PowerPC™ processors, which have implemented the Vector/SIMD Multimedia Extension technology. This book describes how the vector technology relates to the 64-bit portion of the PowerPC architecture.

Verify in IBM Customer connect that you have the latest versions of all referenced documents before finalizing any designs. All recommendations given should be considered as guidelines, intended to help design a functional system. However, they are only guidelines and do not take the place of design specific results obtained from signal integrity modeling considerations and debug recommendations provided in this document and in referenced documents were developed to help reduce the risk of board design problems

The New STI cell processor

IBM, Sony and Toshiba release key documents describing fresh technical details of the revolutionary Cell Broadband Engine architecture.Just as the cells in a body unite to form complete physical systems, a "Cell" architecture will allow all kinds of electronic devices (from consumer products to supercomputers) to work together, signaling a new era in Internet entertainment, communications and collaboration.

In March 2001, Sony and Toshiba and IBM (STI) announced that they had teamed up to design an architecture for what is termed a system-on-a-chip (SoC) design. Code-named Cell, chips based on the architecture will be able to use ultra high-speed broadband connectivity to interoperate with one another as one complete system, similar to the way neural cells interoperate over the brain's network.

IBM expects Cell to define an entirely new way of operating. Cell's underlying architecture will enable it to manifest itself into many forms for many purposes, helping to open up a whole new set of applications. Incorporating this architecture, chips will be developed for everything from handheld devices to mainframe computers.

IBM ThinkPad T400 Intel WiMax 1.00.0042 Windows XP

IBM ThinkPad T400 Intel WiMax 1.00.0042 Windows XP. (New) Initial release.
This package installs the software (WiMAX driver and Utility) to enable the following adapter cards.

*Intel Wireless WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350
*The following systems are supported:
*ThinkPad SL300, SL500
*ThinkPad T400
*ThinkPad X301

Driver Install Instruction >>
1. Define your IBM notebook device model.
2. Define your operating system to install your IBM notebook device
3. Search notebook driver category
4. Find IBM notebook driver
5. Select IBM ThinkPad T400 Intel WiMax 1.00.0042 Windows XP
6. Download IBM ThinkPad T400 Intel WiMax 1.00.0042 Windows XP
7. Install IBM ThinkPad T400 Intel WiMax 1.00.0042 Windows XP
8. Restart or reboot your computer to finish your driver installation.

IBM ThinkPad X301 Intel PRO 1000 LAN Adapter Software Driver 9.52.9.0 (Build 170330) Windows Vista

IBM ThinkPad X301 Intel PRO 1000 LAN Adapter Software Driver 9.52.9.0 (Build 170330) Windows Vista.

Version build 9.52.9.0 Build (170330):

*(Fix) The Cancel and Next buttons are missing with large font.
*(Fix) 9 Kbyte Jumbo Frame performance problem.
*(New) Support for ThinkPad W700, X301 (added).
*(New) Support for ThinkPad X200s,X200 Tablet (added).
*This package installs the software (Ethernet driver) to enable the following devices.
*Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
*Intel 82567LF Gigabit Network Connection
*This release supports the following systems:
*ThinkPad R400
*ThinkPad T400, T500
*ThinkPad W500, W700
*ThinkPad X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X301

IBM ThinkPad Hard Drive Firmware Update Utility FWSH23 (Bootable CD ISO)

IBM ThinkPad Hard Drive Firmware Update Utility FWSH23 (Bootable CD ISO).
This utility will examine your system configuration and detect all the hard drives installed. It will then check the firmware revision of the drive and judge whether your system requires a firmware update.

The following systems are supported:

*R60, R60e, R60i
*R61, R61e, R61i
*R400, R500
*Sl300, SL400, SL500
*T60, T60p
*T61, T61p
*T400, T500
*W500, W700
*X60, X60s, X60 Tablet
*X61, X61s, X61 Tablet
*X200
*Z60m, Z60t
*Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

IBM ThinkPad R500 BIOS 1.17-1.01 Bootable CD Widows XP/Vista(x32/x64)

IBM ThinkPad R500 BIOS 1.17-1.01 Bootable CD Widows XP/Vista(x32/x64).
This System Program Service Utility updates the BIOS (system program including the Embedded Controller (EC) program) stored in the system to fix problems, add new functions, or expand functions as noted below

Version 1.17-1.01:
(Fix) The external display may have blank screen when the computer is attached to the Docking Station with the LCD closed and then is powered on.

>> Driver Install Instruction >>

1. Define your IBM notebook device model.
2. Define your operating system to install your IBM notebook device
3. Search notebook driver category
4. Find IBM notebook driver
5. Select IBM ThinkPad R500 BIOS 1.17-1.01 Bootable CD Widows XP/Vista(x32/x64)
6. Download IBM ThinkPad R500 BIOS 1.17-1.01 Bootable CD Widows XP/Vista(x32/x64)
7. Install IBM ThinkPad R500 BIOS 1.17-1.01 Bootable CD Widows XP/Vista(x32/x64)
8. Restart or reboot your computer to finish your driver installation.

IBM ThinkPad X300/X301 Intel Wireless LAN Driver 12.00.4000 Windows Vista

This package provides the Wireless LAN driver to enable the following Wireless LAN adapters.

*Intel WiFi Link 5100
*Intel WiFi Link 5300
*Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965ag
*Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965agn
*Intel PRO/Wireless 3945bg Network Connection
*Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg Network Connection
**The following systems are supported:
*Reserve Edition
*R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52
*R60, R60e, R61, R61e
*R400, R500
*SL300, SL400, SL500
*T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p
*T60, T60p, T61, T61p
*T400, T500
*W500, W700
*X40, X41, X41 Tablet
*X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet
*X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X300, X301
*Z60m, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t
*Version 12.00.4000 (7VWV15WW):
*(New) Support for ThinkPad R400,R500,T400,T500,W500,X200.
*(New) Support for ThinkPad W700,X301 (added).
*(New) Support for ThinkPad X200s,X200 Tablet (added).