The Intel Xeon represented a family of central processing units from semiconductor manufacturer Intel Corp. designed for the non-personal computer market, particularly for people and businesses who use servers and workstations. Since its debut in 1998, Intel produced more than 200 chips under the brand, as of March 2011. One of such entries is the Intel Xeon 5110, which was released during the debut of the 5100-series of Xeon chips in 2006.
Cores
Intel manufactures the Xeon 5110 as a dual-core CPU. This means that it has two processing units. The dual-core feature makes it a better processing performer than single-core Xeon CPU, which only has one processing unit. However, there are members of the Xeon family that have four, six or eight cores. Thus, the Xeon 5110 is far from the most powerful chip of the brand.
Manufacture
The Xeon 5110 was part of a collection of Xeon dual-core chips labeled the 5100 series and codenamed Woodcrest. Intel manufactured these CPUs using the 65 nanometer node of semiconductor fabrication. Under this process, each chip received a 143-square millimeter die with 291 million transistors, which contained the two cores.
As of March 2011, the Xeon 5110, like other "Woodcrest" entries, has received two steppings. These are stages that the manufacturer uses to distinguish revised, improved chips from their original versions. For the Xeon 5110, its 2006 debut is dubbed B2, while the 2007 version is labeled G0.
Speeds
Every CPU has a clock speed and front-side bus speed. The former refers to the rate at which the chip processes, while the latter refers to the speed at which the chip conducts its data transfer. For the Intel Xeon 5110, the clock speed is 1.6 gigahertz (or 1,600 megahertz) and the FSB speed is 1.06 GHz (or 1,066 MHz). These numbers place it at the bottom of the Xeon 5100 series, but roughly in the middle of the family as a whole.
Power
Each processor has a thermal design power or point, which refers to the amount of power it can consume. At 65 watts, the Intel Xeon 5110 is surpassed only by the Xeon 5160, which has a TDP of 80 watts. Although the Xeon 5110 is far from the best power-conserving chip in the Xeon 5100 series, it fares favorably in a computer chip family that has a TDP range of 20 to 150 W. Also, the B2 versions of the 5110 chip have a voltage range of 1 to 1.5, while the newer G0 chips have a lower range of 0.85 to 1.5 volts.
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