Sunday, September 21, 2008

Intel PROSet Network Adapter Driver Set 11.2

This release includes software and drivers for Intel(R) PRO/100, Intel(R) PRO/1000, and Intel(R) PRO/10GbE adapters and integrated network connections.
What's New in This Release
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- Support for Microsoft Windows Vista*
- Support for iSCSI Boot
- Support for Microsoft Windows Server* 2003 Service Pack 2
- Limited support for PCI Express adapters on Itanium(R)-based systems
- Linux and FreeBSD support for the Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad Port LP Server Adapter
- Support for the Intel(R) 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection
- Improved adaptive interrupt moderation

This CD does not contain software or drivers for Microsoft Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Windows Me, or IBM OS/2. The most recent software and drivers for these operating systems can be found on the Intel Customer Support website at http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-016238.htm.

Download:
ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/8659/eng/LAN_ALLOS_11.2_PV_TL3_132319_FULL.EXE

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 9.0.0.1008

The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility installs Windows INF files to the target system. The INF files inform the operating system how to properly configure the chipset for specific functionality, such as AGP, USB, Core PCI, and ISAPNP services.
This software can be installed in three modes: Interactive, Silent and Unattended Preload. Interactive Mode requires user input during installation; Silent Mode and Unattended Preload do not. This software also offers a set of command line flags, which provide additional installation choices. The command line flags are not case sensitive.

Download : Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 9.0.0.1008

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Win2000/XP 14.31.0.4

The Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver contains support for the following Intel® Chipsets:

- Intel® 945G Express Chipset

- Intel® 945GZ Express Chipset

- Intel® 946GZ Express Chipset

- Intel® G35 Chipset

- Intel® G965 Express Chipset

- Intel® Q963 Express Chipset

- Intel® Q965 Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® 940GML Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® 943GML Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® 945GME Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® 945GMS Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® GL960 Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset

- Mobile Intel® GME965 Express Chipset

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 8.4.0.1016

The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility installs Windows* INF files to the target system.
The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility contains support for the All Intel Chipsets.

These files outline to the operating system how to configure the Intel(R) chipset components in order to ensure that the following features function properly:
- Core PCI and ISAPNP Services
- PCIe support
- IDE/ATA33/ATA66/ATA100 storage Support
- SATA Storage Support
- USB Support
- Identification of Intel(R) Chipset Components in the Device Manager

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility is validated on the following Microsoft operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows server 2003 with Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Vista

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 8.7.0.1007 Beta

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility installs the Windows INF files. The INF files inform the operating system how to properly configure the chipset for specific functionality, such as AGP, USB, Core PCI, and ISAPNP services.

Intel® 5400 Series Chipset
Intel® E7210 Chipset
Intel® E7220 Chipset
Intel® E7221 Chipset
Intel® E7230 Chipset
Intel® E7320 Chipset
Intel® E7520 Chipset
Intel® E7525 Chipset
Intel® E8500 Chipset
Intel® E8501 Chipset
Intel® 848P Chipset
Intel® 865G Chipset
Intel® 865PE Chipset
Intel® 865P Chipset
Intel® 865GV Chipset
Intel® 875P Chipset
Intel® 910GE Express Chipset
Intel® 910GL Express Chipset
Intel® 910GML Express Chipset
Intel® 915G Express Chipset
Intel® 915P Express Chipset
Intel® 915GV Express Chipset
Intel® 915GL Express Chipset
Intel® 915PL Express Chipset
Intel® 915GV Express Chipset
Intel® 915PM Express Chipset
Intel® 915GM Express Chipset
Intel® 915GMS Express Chipset
Intel® 925X Express Chipset
Intel® 925XE Express Chipset
Intel® 940GML Chipset
Intel® 945G Express Chipset
Intel® 945GM Express Chipset
Intel® 945GMS Express Chipset
Intel® 945P Express Chipset
Intel® 945PL Express Chipset
Intel® 945PM Express Chipset
Intel® 955X Express Chipset
Intel® 955XM Express Chipset
Intel® 975X Express Chipset
Intel® Q963 Chipset
Intel® Q965 Chipset
Intel® P965 Chipset
Intel® G965 Chipset
Intel® 946GZ Chipset
Intel® 946PL Chipset
Intel® 946GL Chipset
Intel® GM965 Chipset
Intel® PM965 Chipset
Intel® GL960 Chipset
Intel® Q33/Q35/G33/G31/P35/X38 Express Chipset
Intel® 3000/3010 Chipset
Intel® 3000/3010/3100 Chipset
Intel® 5000 Series Chipset
Intel® 3200/3210 Chipset

Intel Turbo Memory 1.7.0.1029 (8.5.0.1032)

Intel® Turbo Memory improves the general performance of your computer with faster read/write access times and reduced boot-up times. It also increases the power efficiency of the mobile system by moving frequently accessed data over to the flash memory from the hard drive.

Driver for Intel® Turbo Memory, a PC component that caches large amounts of frequently used data for faster access by the processor.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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1. The system must be 1 of the following systems, and have the correct
version of the Intel(R) Turbo Memory Hardware:
- Intel(R) Mobile 965 Express Chipset Family Platforms supporting
AHCI Mode
- Intel(R) 3 Series Chipset Platforms supporting AHCI or RAID Mode
- Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Platforms supporting AHCI
or RAID Mode
- Intel(R) 4 Series Chipsets Platforms supporting AHCI or RAID Mode

2. The system should contain at least the minimum system
memory required by the operating system. For Microsoft Windows
Vista*, the recommendation is at least 1GB of system memory with
an absolute minimum of 512MB.

3. The system must be running the following operating system:

- Microsoft Windows Vista x32 Edition* (RTM, version 6000)
- Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition* (RTM, version 6000)

No other operating systems are supported.

4. For Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family Platforms, the system
must be configured in Enhanced AHCI Mode. Please review motherboard
BIOS setup documentation on how to configure these modes.

5. For Intel(R) 3 Series Chipset based Platforms, the system BIOS
must be placed into AHCI or RAID mode. Please review motherboard BIOS
setup documentation on how to configure these modes.

6. For Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset based Platforms, the system BIOS
must be placed into AHCI or RAID Mode. Please review motherboard BIOS
setup documentation on how to configure these modes.

7. For Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset based Platforms, the system BIOS must be
placed into AHCI or RAID Mode. Please review motherboard BIOS setup
documentation on how to configure these modes.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Intel Launches New High-End 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."

Several Performance Records

The Intel Xeon processor 7400 series has already set new four-socket and eight-socket world records on key industry benchmarks for virtualization, database, enterprise resource planning and e-commerce. IBM, following the record-setting 1.2 million tpmC result on its eight-socket System x* 3950 M2 platform, delivers an all-time high result for four-socket servers on System x* 3850 M2 server with a score of 684,508 tpmC on the TPC*-C benchmark, which measures database performance in an online transaction processing environment.

An HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server on the SAP-SD benchmark that measures a server's sales and distribution capability on SAP software set a world record with a score of 5155 SD-Users. On the SPECint*_rate2006 benchmark, which measures a system's integer throughput performance, a Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY* RX600 S4 server set a record with a score of 291. Several other records were also set on other key enterprise-related benchmarks.

Virtualization Platform of Choice
Based on Intel's 45nm high-k process technology and reinvented transistors that use a Hafnium-based, high-k metal gate formula, the new Xeon 7400 series delivers exceptional performance improvements with lower power consumption. This delivers almost 50 percent better performance in some cases, and up to 10 percent reduction in platform power, and has resulted in a world record VMmark (a virtualization benchmark) score for four-socket, 24 processing core servers at 18.49 on a Dell PowerEdge R900 platform using VMware ESX server v3.5.0.*

These virtualization performance increases, and advanced virtualization capabilities such as Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) FlexMigration make Xeon 7400 series-based servers ideal platforms for customers to standardize their virtual infrastructures. FlexMigration enables VM migration from previous-, present- and future-generation Core microarchitecture-based platforms. This ensures investment protection for administrators seeking to establish pools of virtualized systems and using those pools to facilitate failover, disaster recovery, load balancing and optimizing server maintenance and downtime.

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.

Many software vendors are also supporting Intel Xeon 7400 based platforms with innovative solutions enabling virtualization and scalable performance for the high-end enterprise, including Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, SAP and VMware.

Pricing for the Xeon 7000 Sequence processors in quantities of 1,000 ranges from $856 to $2,729. For more details on the Intel Xeon 7400 processor series, visit www.intel.com/xeon.