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Intel
chips to power servers for cloud computing
Sunday July 17, 2011 10:18:49 AM,
IANS
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Bangalore: World's
largest chip maker Intel Corporation has developed microprocessors
to power modular and scalable servers for cloud computing - that
enables use of multiple servers as a single platform - by data
centres and infrastructure management service providers, a senior
official said Friday.
"As part of our second generation multi-core Xeon processors, we
have designed and developed chips that can be used for servers by
cloud computing providers and builders to offer high performance
and energy efficient solutions to end-customers with security,
scalable storage capacity," Intel marketing programme manager Nick Knupffer told reporters here.
As the next wave of technology revolution, cloud computing enables
use of multiple servers as a single platform through a digital
network (website) under secured environment with access to a range
of applications and tools for reducing the cost of IT operations.
"Our Xeon processor-based servers can be deployed by data centres
and enterprises offering infrastructure management services to
end-customers across verticals, especially small and medium
businesses (SMBs) which cannot afford to invest in capital
intensive IT infrastructure and hire personnel to run it," Intel
South Asia director R. Ravichandran said.
According to global market research and analysis firm IDC
(International Data Corporation), an estimated 2.5 billion people
with over 15 billion devices will access the internet by 2015. The
same year, the internet traffic is expected to reach a zettabyte
or one million, million billion bytes.
"Under our multi-year vision for cloud computing (Cloud 2015),
cloud data centres will be seamlessly and securely connected and
fully automated. The centres will also provide secure access and
optimal experience across a range of devices from smartphones to
powerful notebooks," Knupffer pointed out.
With about 70 percent of chief information officers (CIOs)
concerned about cloud security, Intel is working on providing
trusted execution technology (TXT) to enhance security at the
processor level by ensuring a server is not tampered with at the
hypervisor level.
The $44-billion Intel acquired global security solutions provider
McAfee in August 2010 for $7.7 billion to enhance security of its
processors by embedding the features in the chips.
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