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News Release from: IDT | Subject: AMB0480A5
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 June 2006
Support for dual-core Intel Xeon-based
platforms
IDT (Integrated Device Technology) announces its support for the new Intel Dual-Core Xeon Processor Series 5000 and 5100 (formerly codenamed "Dempsey" and "Woodcrest").
IDT (Integrated Device Technology) announces its support for the new Intel Dual-Core Xeon Processor Series 5000 and 5100 (formerly codenamed "Dempsey" and "Woodcrest") IDT is providing a suite of platform-optimised devices consisting of the AMB0480A5, an industry-leading advanced memory buffer (AMB) device and a newly available portfolio of nine high-precision clocking components
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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With these products, IDT can support the critical timing and interface requirements of the new Intel server platforms.
AMB devices are an essential building block for next-generation, high-bandwidth applications, such as servers, which require increased performance and large memory capacities.
A key attribute of the fully-buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) channel architecture is the high-speed, serial, point-to-point connection between the memory controller and modules on the channel.
The AMB chip, located on each FB-DIMM, collects and distributes the data from or to a DIMM, buffers the data internally on the chip and receives or forwards it to the next DIMM or memory controller.
This unique channel structure alleviates buffer latency issues common in registered DIMM technology, enabling designers to use a large number of DIMMs within a single system.
IDT was the first AMB vendor to achieve production status, the first company to sample AMB products and was also first to exhibit system operation.
The new Intel server platforms leverage PCI Express and FB-DIMM technologies to achieve new levels of performance and scalability.
To support the platforms' high-performance capabilities, the new IDT timing devices provide high-precision clocks with a unique combination of low cycle-to-cycle jitter, output-to-output skew and phase jitter characteristics.
To address scalability, each device within the portfolio is carefully tuned to maintain the performance attributes as the products are cascaded together.
In addition, the products are tailored to meet the needs of each of the multiple timing domains, including low-jitter and spread spectrum.
In addition to its AMB and new high-precision timing devices, IDT also offers the PRECISE family of PCI Express switching solutions that can be used in conjunction with these platforms to provide high-performance I/O connectivity expansion.
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