Revision - 01 Intel Confidential Page 1 Intel HPC Update Norfolk, VA April 2008

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential Intel in High Performance Computing A long term commitment to HPC Large scale clusters in Dupont, WA for test & optimization Teraflops Research Chip Leading performance, performance/watt Platform building blocks Dedicated, renowned expertise Broad SW tools portfolio Intel Connects Cables Defined HPC application platform

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential WeatherLife ScienceFSIEnergyCADDCC How Dual Socket Measures Up Today? Performance leadership with the Intel ® Xeon ® processor 5400 Series and the 5400 chipset Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit Intel Performance Benchmark LimitationsIntel Performance Benchmark Limitations Configuration detail can be found in the backup

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential PCI Express* Gen 1, 2 I/OHub ICH DMI DMI Nehalem PCIExpress* Gen 1, 2 Future System Architecture Nehalem Based New Microarchitecture changes key to HPC -Integrated Intel ® QuickPath Memory Controller for lower memory bandwidth latency -Intel ® QuickPath Interconnect providing up to 25.6 GB/s of bandwidth per port - Direct CPU-IO link for improved IO bandwidth over previous generation Intel ® QuickPath Interconnect Nehalem I/OHub I/OHub PCIExpress* Gen 1, 2 Source: Intel. All future products, computer systems, dates, and figures specified are preliminary based on current expectations, and are subject to change without notice.

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential Intel Leading the Way in HPC delivering more results in less time than ever before Intel supports >70% of the Worlds fastest supercomputers In 2007, Intel supplied approximately 4 out of every 5 processors – Widely deployed across all businesses Source: Nov ’07 Top500.org Source: Q4’07 IDC Qview

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential Two Architectural Approaches Throughput Performance Programmability DX7DX9FutureDX10 CPU Evolving toward throughput computing Motivated by energy-efficient performance GPU Evolving toward general-purpose computing Motivated by higher quality graphics and GP-GPU usages Arrays of Throughput Cores SMTSmall Number of Traditional Cores Fix Function General Purpose General Purpose Limited Programmability Multi- Threading Many Core Multi- Core Time

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential Multi-threaded Cores All Large Core Goal: Energy Efficient Petascale with Multi-threaded Cores Mixed Large and Small Core All Small Core Note: the above pictures don’t represent any current or future Intel products

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential Teraflops Research Chip 100 Million Transistors ● 80 Tiles ● 275mm 2 First tera-scale programmable silicon: – Teraflops performance – Tile design approach – On-die mesh network – Novel clocking – Power-aware capability – Supports 3D-memory Not designed for IA or product

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential Research Data Summary FrequencyVoltagePowerBisection Bandwidth Performance 3.16 GHz0.95 V62W1.62 Terabits/s 1.01 Teraflops 5.1 GHz1.2 V175W2.61 Terabits/s 1.63 Teraflops 5.7 GHz1.35 V265W2.92 Terabits/s 1.81 Teraflops 1.01 Teraflops 62 Watts

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential In Closing.. Intel Commitment to HPC Cross-Org, Company-wide HPC team Delivering HPC platforms Momentum seen in adoption of Intel solutions Future directions explored – depth and breadth; for Petascale and Volume Commitment – Momentum – Future

Revision - 01 Intel Confidential