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a elemnt The Xeon is a brand of multiprocessing- or multi-socket-capable x86 microprocessors from Intel Corporation targeted at the non-consumer server, workstation and embedded system markets
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What motherboards is the Intel Xeon compatible with?
Depending on the age of the Xeons in question, they fit into a variety of slots and sockets. The first Xeons were used in a slot cartridge known as Slot 2. Any motherboard with a Slot 2 connector supports these Xeons (though due to increasing FSB speeds, they migh not operate at full speeds). The next Xeons were in a Socket 603 package. Any motherboard with a Socket 603 socket supports these Xeons (and all run at the same FSB speed). The next Xeons were in a Socket 604 package. Any motherboard with a Socket 604 socket supports these Xeons (and older Socket 603 Xeons). Due to increasing FSB speeds, the faster ones may not run at full speed on older boards). The newest Xeons are in a Socket J / LGA771 package. Any motherboard with a Socket J / LGA771 interface supports Xeons, though chipset and FSB differences may prevent newer ones from operating correctly on older boards.
What processors use Slot 2?
Slot 2 is used by Intel Pentium II Xeons and Intel Pentium III Xeons. These chips were most common in servers and industrial workstations.
Which is suitable Intel processor for servers?
That depends on a few different factors. The highest-end servers will probably want Itanium processors. Mid-range servers would more likely be equipped with Xeons.
What type of microprocessor contains 42000000 transitors in the same thumbnail sized piece of silicon?
A Pentium 4 contains 42 million transistors. Forty-two million transistors isn't very many--the highest-end Itaniums and Xeons have nearly two BILLION transistors.
Can a computer have Xeon processors?
The Intel Xeon is a CPU used for server systems. Server processors usually need to be bigger and faster than desktop CPUs, because they need to be able to handle a lot more traffic and run constantly.
Which group of Intel processors use a 32-bit word size and a 64-bit word size?
Intel Pentium processors have a 32-bit word, whereas Core 2 and later processors have a 64-bit word. Prior to the Core 2, Intel manufactured some high-end Xeon processors for the server and workstation market that also had a 64-bit word length. Complicating the picture a bit, for many modern microprocessors, is the presence of special long-word-length registers and operations to support multimedia processing (among other compute-intensive operations). For example, SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions-2) support in current microprocessors from Intel and AMD incorporates a number of 128-bit registers and instructions, significantly increasing the computing power of these processors. *The processors that use and/or have used both a 32-bit word size and a 64-bit word size are the Celeron, and Xeon, and they are considered to be in the Pentium class. Xeons currently do not make the processors with both anymore, so the more current Xeons are not considered Pentiums, but older ones are. Page 190 of CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining Your PC, 6th Edition: Chapter 5 "Pentiums and Chipsets" has more about this topic.
What was the first non-server processor to have a L3 cache?
Some RISC server CPU designs have had L3 for many years. The first consumer CPU that could use an L3 was the AMD K6-III, in 1999. However, it didn't have an L3 cache on the die, but used the motherboard-based L2 cache present on almost all Super Socket 7 motherboards as an L3. It did have on-die L2, and was designed so that it could use the external cache as L3. The first consumer CPU to have on-die L3 was the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, a rebranded Xeon introduced late in 2003 to counter AMD's new Athlon 64. Xeons, which are server CPU's, have had L3 since 2001.
What is better AMD graphic or Intel?
It depends on what you want to do. For gaming an Intel will work better as of 1/1/14, most games only use 4 core technology. Intel benefits from this because it has only 4 cores. For video editing I'd go AMD, it runs a bit hot, but a third party cooling solution should do the trick, lots of programs take advantage of 8 cores, it's also good for server hosting, but Xeons are better for hosting servers. Overall I'd go AMD for overall value, but if money isn't a problem go Intel.
What is the difference between a desktop and a server?
a web server is usally rack mounted and is very powerful where as a desktop PC can be set up as a server PC desktop PC's are suited to raphival applctaions and many servers don't have sreens A server is a repository of information and a gateway to other sources of information (e.g. the internet). Depending on the number of workstations it serves and the type of information they are accessing the server may be quite powerful or it may be an old P4 system made into a server. Again, its main job is to store information so that the connected workstations can use it and to provide a gateway to other sources of information namely the Internet. The software used for servers is specifically designed for those tasks. An example of a simple server is a modern router - either wireless or wired. It contains its own server software, typically a form of Linux, and acts as a gateway to the internet allowing connected workstations to access it. It also provides some protection in the form of firewalls and passwords.
