Intel® 64-bit Platforms Platform Features

Agenda Introduction and Positioning of Intel® 64-bit Platforms Intel® 64-Bit Xeon™ Platforms Intel® Itanium® Platforms Intel® High-end Desktop Intel® Software Network

Intel Architecture Shift 8-bit software appeared; 8080 processor 16-bit software transition: 8086/88 processor 32-bit software transition began: processor 64-bit software transition started: Intel® Itanium® processor 64-bit ramp begins: Intel® Itanium® 2 platforms 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processor - Intel delivering 64-bit capability for all market segments Transition From 16bit To 32bit Transition From 16bit To 32bit Applications Took Over 10 Years Circa

Previous Architecture Or Solutions Transition Benefits RISC Replacement IA-32 Architecture Exceptional performance with choice of OS, SW and HW vendors 64-bit support via Intel ® EM64T, great performance for 32-bit apps Architecture Of Choice Outstanding price/performance and the broadest range of 32 bit apps and headroom for 64-bit apps Premier performance, reliability and scalability for the most demanding applications; cost effective vs. RISC Two Enterprise 64-bit Architectures

Transition to 64-Bit Architectures Source: Intel Corporate Client Server 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Intel Xeon processor (1 core, 2 Threads) Irwindale (1 core, 2 Threads) Dempsey (2 cores, 4 threads) Pentium ® 4 Processor (1 core, 2 Threads) Smithfield (2 cores, 2 threads) Future 65nm (2 cores, 2 threads) Yonah (2 cores, 2 threads) Millington (+ LV) Montvale (2 cores, 4 threads) Itanium 2 processor (+ LV)/Fanwood (+LV) (1 core, 1 thread) Current Platforms Mobile Client Desktop Client Itanium ® processor Server Intel ® Xeon™ processor Server/WS X+ indicates X or more Pentium ® M processor Mobile-optimized microarchitecture Dual Core Timeline All products and dates are preliminary and subject to change without notice.

Design Your Applications for Parallelism! Intel Strategy – Driving Thread Parallelism Hyper Threading Technology : –Parallelism via better utilization of existing resources Dual Core: –Powerful evolution of HT that provides 2 full execution cores in a single processor socket Future Multi-core: –Continued processor level parallelism with >=2 cores in a single processor Delivered in Volume:

Agenda Introduction and Positioning of Intel® 64-bit Platforms Intel® 64-Bit Xeon® Platforms Intel® Itanium® Platforms Intel® High-end Desktop Intel® Software Network

Intel Virtualization Technology Dual core CPUs Fully buffered DIMMsIntel I/O Acceleration Intel Active Management Technology Intel® Xeon™ Processor Platforms 2003 & Prior Enhancements Hyper-Threading Technology Intel® Netburst™ micro- architecture SSE & SSE2 instructions 2005 and Future Enhancements 2004 Enhancements New SSE3 Instructions 800MHz FSB PCI Express* 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processor Power Management - Demand Based Switching (DBS) - Demand Based Switching (DBS) DDR2 Memory DDR2 Memory - Higher capacity & performance w/ lower power - Higher capacity & performance w/ lower power Platform innovations delivering performance, reliability & manageability

Agenda Introduction and Positioning of Intel® 64-bit Platforms Intel® 64-Bit Xeon® Platforms Intel® Itanium® Platforms Intel® High-end Desktop Intel® Software Network

Dual-core; Multi-threading Virtualization Power Management Technology Demand Based Switching (DBS) PCI Express* Fully-buffered DIMMS (FBD), DDR II Enhanced System Bus Bandwidth, cache reliability, and processor performance Planned Enhancements Itanium ® 2-Based Platforms 2004 & Prior Enhancements EPIC architecture Enhanced Machine Check Architecture FMAC for floating-point leadership Largest on-die resources for demanding workloads Future Enhancements Common platform architecture with Xeon processor Multi-core; Hardware Virtualization Enhanced I/O, memory & RAS Innovations deliver Intel’s highest performance, reliability and manageability solutions for the enterprise Innovations deliver Intel’s highest performance, reliability and manageability solutions for the enterprise

Agenda Introduction and Positioning of Intel® 64-bit Platforms Intel® 64-Bit Xeon® Platforms Intel® Itanium® Platforms Intel® High-end Desktop and Workstation platforms Intel® Software Network

13 Intel ® Pentium ® 4-based Performance Desktop Platform with Intel ® 925XE Express Chipset PCI Express* x16 Discrete Graphics Intel® High Definition Audio 800 / 1066MHz FSB 4 Serial ATA ports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology 2 Hyper-Threading Technology 1 8 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports 4 PCI Express* x1 lanes 2 RAID 0/1 and Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) will be available only on the ICH6R SKU Dual Channel DDR2-533 The Intel® 925XE Express Chipset provides leading edge technologies & performance

Intel® 945/955 Chipset Family Platform Enhancements vs. Intel® 915/925 Express ChipsetGMCH 1 PATA port Intel® MST (RAID 0,1,5,10 and AHCI) 1 PCI Ports 1 Features only available in value-add ICH7 SKUs *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others 4-SATA at 3.0 Gb/s Dual-Ch DDR2- 667/533/ /800/533 MHz FSB HT Technology Platform Software Enhanced GFX Core PCI-Express* x16 GFX Intel® HD Audio 8-Hi-Speed USB2.0 6-PCI-E* x1 Expansion 1 Intel® Active Management Technology ADD2+ Media Card 8xx, Presler, and Cedar Mill processor support Energy Lake Desktop Platform Enhancements for the Digital Home and Digital Office

The Balanced Performance Platform Intel ® 955X Express Chipset Family 1 Features only available in value-add ICH7 SKUs *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others  Platform wide performance enhancements Performance memory optimizations for faster access to system memory Dual channel DDR Next generation Intel ® Matrix Storage Technology 8GB max. system memory + ECC  Additional capabilities for gamers, content editors & audiophiles Supports fastest PCI-e x16 Gfx Cards Intel® High Definition Audio with Dolby* PC Sound Technology Innovation for High End Performance & Advanced Usages GMCH 1 PATA port PCI Ports

Dual Core Update The Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition 840 adds dual core to the Extreme Edition lineup –3.2GHz with Hyper-Threading Technology, 2x1MB L2 cache, EM64T, and Execute Disable Bit, targeted for launch in Q2’05 –Supported by the Intel® 955X Express chipset Additional dual core products on track for Q2’05 introduction with the Intel® Pentium® D Processor –Intel® Pentium® D Processor 840, 830, and 820 planned for introduction in Q2’05 –Featuring 2x1MB L2 cache, EM64T, Execute Disable Bit, and EIST** –Supported by Intel® 955X and 945 Express chipset based platforms

Agenda Introduction and Positioning of Intel® 64-bit Platforms Intel® High-end Desktop and Workstation platforms Intel® 64-Bit Xeon® Platforms Intel® Itanium® Platforms Intel® Software Network

Summary 64 Bit Computing is Here. Move Now! Dual-core today, multi-core tomorrow