Intel® Server Board and System Products Update on Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Support with Low Power Intel® Xeon® Processor 3400/5500/5600 Series Revision 1.
Revision History Products Update for Turbo Boost with Low Power Processor Revision History Date April 27, 2010 Revision Number 1.0 Modifications Initial release. Disclaimers Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel® products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document.
Products Update for Turbo Boost with Low Power Processor Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. 2. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of this document ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Overview ........................................................................ 1 1.
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Products Update for Turbo Boost with Low Power Processor Introduction 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose of this document The target audience of this document is Intel® server board and system products users who enable Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and use low power Intel® Xeon® processor 3400/5500/5600 series.
Introduction Products Update for Turbo Boost with Low Power Processor the following factors: – The number of active cores (in C0 or C1 state) – The estimated current consumption of the processor (Imax) – The estimated power consumption (TDP - Thermal Design Power) of processor – The temperature of the processor Refer to http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/index.htm for more details about Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. 1.
Products Update for Turbo Boost with Low Power Processor Support Update 2. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology support on Intel server boards 2.1 CPU load current monitor (IMON) on Intel® Server Boards and Systems are optimized for higher TDP processors Per Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) and Enterprise Voltage Regulator-Down (EVRD) 11.1 Design Guidelines, IMON (i.e.
Glossary Products Update for Turbo Boost with Low Power Processor Glossary Thermal Design Power (TDP): Thermal Design Power or Thermal Design Point designates maximum amount of power a chip or a system is required to dissipate. Load Current Monitor (IMON): An IMON is an analog output signal proportional to the VR’s total output load current. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI): ACPI is an open-standard specification for unified OS-centric device configuration and power management.
Products Update for Turbo Boost with Low Power Processor References References Intel® Turbo Boost Technology: http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/index.htm Intel® Server Processors: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/products/server/processor Revision 1.
