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I’ve been reading about the amazing features found in the new Intel Nehalem processors launched last week. This next generation of single, dual, and quad core Xeon processors is a virtualization technology enhancement that almost leaves me speechless. It’s my understanding that 6 and 8 core Nehalem processors are expected by the end of 2009 as well.

Some quick features that amaze me:

• Run up to 21 VMs on a single Nehalem processor server
• One Nehalem core could replace 9 previous generation Xeon processor based servers with 20% energy reduction
• Nehalem cores not being used can power down to conserve power and energy
• When Nehalem cores power down the clock speed of other cores can be boosted

So, rather than try to put all of this in my own words, here is a summary of “bite sized” quotes from various analysts’ articles that I’ve been reading. Be sure to check out all of these links for much more information. Read the rest of this entry »