SeaMicro teams up with Intel and Samsung on energy-efficient micro servers | VentureBeat

SeaMicro teams up with Intel and Samsung on energy-efficient micro servers | VentureBeat:

SeaMicro announced a new generation of “micro servers” today that use Intel’s high-end Xeon microprocessors.

SeaMicro’s server boards
 use only a processor, memory,
and a SeaMicro custom chip.

The new Xeon-based SeaMicro SM10000-XE micro server uses half the power and a third of the space of previous servers. It can also handle heavyweight workloads for data center computing.

“This is an important step forward in servers, the mainstreaming of the micro server,” said Andrew Feldman (pictured at bottom), chief executive of SeaMicro. “This is the most energy-efficient Xeon server ever built.”

SeaMicro will use Intel Xeon processors in a “micro server” in partnership with Intel and Samsung. Previously, SeaMicro used low-cost, low-power Atom microprocessors in its micro servers.

The SeaMicro server shown today replaces 500 servers from five years ago. One rack of servers replaces 50 from five years ago, Feldman said.

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