Intel® Server Board S3420GP TPS Functional
Architecture
Revision 2.4
Intel order number E65697-010
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Figure 12. Intel
®
Server Board S3420GP Functional Block Diagram From S3420GPV
3.1
Processor Sub-System
The Intel
®
Server Board S3420GP supports the following processor:
Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 3400 series
Intel
®
Core
TM
Processor i3-500 Desktop series
Intel
®
Pentium
®
Processor G6950
The Intel
®
Xeon
®
3400 Processor Series are made up of multi-core processors based on the 45
nm processor technology
.
The Intel
®
Core
TM
Processor i3-500 Series and Intel
®
Pentium
®
Processor G6950are made up of dual core processor based on the 32 nm processor technology
.
3.1.1
Intel
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Xeon
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Processor 3400 Series
The Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 3400 Series highly integrated solution variant is composed of four
Nehalem-based processor cores.
FC-LGA 1156 socket package with 2.5 GT/s.
Up to 95 W Thermal Design Power (TDP); processors with higher TDP are not
supported.
The server board does not support previous generations of the Intel
®
Xeon
®
processors.
3.1.2
Intel
®
Core
TM
Processor i3-500 Series and Intel
®
Pentium
®
Processor G6950
The Intel
®
Duo Core
TM
Processor i3-500 Series and Intel
®
Pentium
®
Processor G6950 highly
integrated solution variant is composed of two processor cores.
FC-LGA 1156 socket package with 2.5 GT/s.
Up to 95 W Thermal Design Power (TDP); processors with higher TDP are not
supported.
Please get the detail supported processor list from Intel website.
3.1.3
Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology
Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology is featured on certain processors in the Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor
3400 Series. Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology opportunistically and automatically allows the
processor to run faster than the marked frequency if the processor is operating below power,
temperature, and current limits. This results in increased performance for both multi-threaded
and single-threaded workloads.
Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology operation:
Turbo Boost operates under Operating System control – It is only entered when the
operating system requests the highest (P0) performance state.
Turbo Boost operation can be enabled or disabled by BIOS.