3 Innovations Coming to Mobile in 2015
There are a number of innovations in business mobileOpens in a new window debuting from Intel and mobile device manufacturers in 2015. These will help enterprises to improve the user experience and productivity of their mobile work forces, and help IT bridge the gap between new user demands and the mobile equipment they offer.Form factor innovationThe forthcoming low-power, high-performance Intel Core M processor will enable form factor innovations such as razor-thin tablets that can offer the performance of a PC. Ultra-thin 2 in 1s are also going to be attractive to businesses who will be able to offer smaller and better form factors to their mobile workers and business travellers. These form factors will bridge the gap between new user demandsOpens in a new window for business client devices, and what the business can offer. The new super-thin tablets and notebooks will offer improvements in user experience, collaboration, productivity and portability.No wires technologyThe second innovation coming to mobiles is ‘no wires’ technology, which will simplify life for everyone. It will be a boon for mobile workers and IT departments, and continue the trend of workplace transformation. No wires docking, through Intel WiGig-based Wireless Docking technology, will transform meeting rooms. It gives workers ‘walk up’ convenience as it remembers their preferences, making them instantly productive. No wires docking can be used in combination with wire-free keyboards, mice, printers and monitors – such as the Intel Pro Wireless Display – and is poised to improve office working and modernise both consumer and business computing. Another exciting development coming in the future is ‘no wires charging’ for mobile devices. This will enable mobile workers to lay their device down on the desk so it can be charged automatically.This technology will accompany existing enterprise-class technology such as Intel vPro, which provides securityOpens in a new window and manageability to wire-free environments. Intel vPro can make wire-free meeting rooms secure, offer remote management and features such as transferring screens from one room to another to enhance collaboration.Stronger, simpler securityThirdly, more advanced security – which is simpler both to use and administer – is coming to mobile devices. New security innovations will simplify the sign-on process, and reduce the number of passwords required.Mobile devices will increasingly use multi-factor authentication, particularly biometric data such as face recognition, to improve business securityOpens in a new window. This ‘no passwords’ approach will simplify life for end-users, who will be able to unify their passwords by replacing them with a single biometric input instead.As for IT departments, multi-factor authentication will harden the security of the platform, and will also simplify security management.It will mean single sign-on for multiple cloud services through face recognition or two-factor authentication, and will utilise existing manageability and security features offered by Intel vPro technology.Mobile computing is about to enter a new phase of sophistication.- Arif
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Belgium’s ambitions at the World Cup lie beyond the group stage, so the team’s players just want to get through to the knockout round as quickly and easily as possible.The next step in that plan is to beat Tunisia on Saturday.”We have to be concentrated on our game, because with our strengths we don’t have to wonder about how Tunisia will want to play,” Belgium defender Thomas Meunier said Thursday. “We want to do everything to finish the game as soon as we can.”A win for the Belgians at Spartak Stadium would put them on the verge of qualifying from Group G. A win for England over Panama a day later would be confirmation.Belgium started slowly on Monday against a defensive Panama side mostly concerned with avoiding a big loss in its World Cup debut – even coach Hernan Gomez said he was satisfied with the 3-0 loss because “it should have been worse.”2018 FIFA WORLD CUP: FULL COVERAGETunisia is a step up in quality from Panama, but its attacking ability was hobbled by the injury which stopped creative forward Youssef Msakni from coming to Russia for his country’s first World Cup appearance since 2006.BEAUTIFUL GOALSIn a World Cup full of set-pieces, own-goals and penalties, Belgium coach Roberto Martinez was content with the elegant way Belgium beat Panama.All three goals came from open play, with Dries Mertens scoring a volley before Romelu Lukaku headed in a pass from the outside of Kevin De Bruyne’s foot and then chipped the goalkeeper.advertisement”The hardest thing in football is to score goals and they were beautiful goals from open play,” Martinez said Wednesday. “You should not look for perfection. We need to improve, of course. We want to improve.FIFA WORLD CUP: FIXTURES | POINTS TABLE”I think the three games in the group stage, it was always for us to improve in a mental way, in a technical way, in a tactical way.”FORTY-YEAR WAITAnything but a win will leave the Tunisians with little or no chance of qualifying for the knockout stage, but history isn’t on their side.Four decades and 12 World Cup games have come and gone since Tunisia’s last win, a 3-1 victory over Mexico in 1978. That win made history because until then no African team had ever won on soccer’s biggest stage.BELGIUM’S TIME?With Brazil, Germany and Argentina all failing to win their opening games in Russia, some Belgium fans feel it could be their time.The team is trying to keep its feet on the ground, aware that Panama was one of the weakest opponents in the competition. Meunier said he is confident that the World Cup’s historically dominant teams will recover their form.”The first game is always very special because the little teams are very motivated and want to give everything on the pitch,” he said. “But I do think that in the following days, there will not be too much surprises in groups. I’m convinced that the big teams will go through maybe with some difficulties, but they will go through.”
New Delhi: After a huge outcry and allegations of Hindi imposition by many states, the Centre on Monday made changes to the new Draft National Education Policy, making the language optional. “In keeping with the principle of flexibility, students who wish to change one or more of the three languages they are studying may do so in Grade 6 or Grade 7, so long as they are able to still demonstrate proficiency in three languages (one language at the literature level) in their modular Board Examinations sometime during secondary school,” read the tweaked version of the draft policy. Also Read – Dussehra with a ‘green’ twist In the original Draft National Education Policy 2019, a three-language formula recommended the inclusion of English and Hindi besides mother tongue in the non-Hindi state, while the Hindi-speaking states were to include English and Indian language from other parts of India. The draft policy had said multilingualism is a necessity of India as of much of the developed world and must be considered a boon and an opportunity for learning and expanding one’s horizons rather than a burden. Also Read – India receives its first Rafale fighter jet from France Many leaders from non-Hindi states, especially Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, had opposed the policy.In Tamil Nadu, leaders across party lines had said the state would not tolerate any imposition.Echoing the same sentiments, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had said that the Centre cannot force any language. However, despite the raging controversy, the Centre had maintained that the policy was just a draft subject to changes and ensured that no language will be pressed upon.”The committee was formed for drafting New Education Policy. That committee has given its report. The report of the committee is only received by the Ministry. That’s not the policy. No language will be imposed on any state,” HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak had told ANI on Saturday.(With inputs from DNA)
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Kent DriscollAPTN NewsA proposed merger between two northern airlines would cost customers more, and reduce the routes available, according to Canada’s Competition Bureau in a report released Tuesday.Now, the federal cabinet has to decide whether to allow Canadian North and First Air to merge.In a written report to Transport Minister Marc Garneau, the Competition Bureau says, “the proposed merger of First Air and Canadian North is likely to result in a substantial lessening of competition in the provision of passenger travel and cargo services.“The effects of the transaction are likely to include reductions in passenger and cargo capacity, increases in price, and reductions in flight schedules.”Read the Competition Report here: Proposed Merger of First Air, and Canadian NorthIt’s hard to overstate the importance of air travel in the Arctic – every one of Nunavut’s communities is a fly-in community.Garneau now has to take the proposed merger to the federal Cabinet, which will decide whether to let it go through.Transport Canada is also preparing a separate look into the proposed merger.Both airlines are owned by the business arms of Inuit Land Claims organizations. Canadian North is owned by the Inuvialuit Regional Corp and First Air by Makivik Corp.The two airlines first announced their intention to merge in July 2018.First Air operates routes to 32 northern communities, including the Northwest Territories (NWT), Nunavut and Nunavik. Canadian North serves 16 communities in Nunavut and the NWT.The report goes further, saying that letting the two merge would create a monopoly on northern air travel.“The Commissioner is of the view that the Proposed Transaction can be characterized as a merger to monopoly in the vast majority of the Parties overlapping origin and destination pairs and is likely to lead to significant and materially higher prices and lower quality services for air passengers and cargo customers,” the report says.The Nunavut government is steering clear of commenting on the proposed merger.While answering questions in the legislative assembly, Nunavut Transport Minister David Akeeagok confirmed that his government had submitted information to the Competition Bureau’s investigation, but wouldn’t describe what that information contained.Speaking in Inuktitut, Akeeagok said, “The matter you commented on has already resulted in a submission to the federal government, specifically to the Hon. Marc Garneau offices, outlining the position of the government of Nunavut and its concerns about this matter including how Nunavummiut may be impacted by the merger.”Despite being competitors, the two airlines have remarkably similar pricing already.Iqaluit to Ottawa return on First Air costs between $2,000 and $3,000. Canadian North has the same pricing. The further north you go, the higher the cost.A return trip for one from Resolute, NU to Ottawa is over $7,000.And Canadian North and First Air responded with a joint statement, in favour of the merger.“It’s artificially restricted findings in this matter are of limited value and suggest a superficial understanding of the Inuit organizations proposing this solution for sustainable northern transportation,” says the statement. “Before Inuit can be meaningful participants in the national economy, they must be meaningful participants in the northern economy; an efficient Pan-Arctic airline is the only long-term viable answer that will provide immediate benefits.”They also urged Garneau to approve the merger, saying, “it is our sincere hope and expectation that the Minister will pursue his mandate to represent the rights and interests of Nunavik and the Inuvialuit Region.”This isn’t the first time the Competition Bureau has weighed in on northern airlines.In 2017, the two airlines were accused of predatory pricing by Go Sarvaq, a group trying to provide more affordable flights from Iqaluit to Ottawa.The investigation did find some evidence of predatory pricing, but not enough to lead to charges. Go Sarvaq was forced to abandon their project.The new airline would keep the name Canadian North, while adopting the red and white branding of First Air.kdriscoll@aptn.ca@kentdriscoll
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The Tommy Lakes Wildfire is now 40 percent contained. According to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the fire is now 22,000 hectares and did receive some rain on Saturday.The cooler temperatures and decreased wind, have enabled firefighters to get the upper hand and contain the fire.There are 234 firefighters building and reinforcing guard working to increase containment supported by 8 helicopters along with 22 pieces of heavy equipment. More informationOn May 27, 2018, an Area Restriction Order was put in place for Crown Land in the vicinity of the Tommy Lakes wildfire. This restricts public access to the active wildfire area and access roads within the Tommy Lakes wildfire boundary and surrounding area. For more information regarding the restricted area please refer to the attached order and map.The public is asked to respect this order to ensure your safety as well as the crews working on the Tommy Lakes wildfire. Public and crew safety is the number one priority of the BC Wildfire Service.Cause: Lightning 
Resources• 234 firefighters• 8 helicopters• 22 heavy equipmentThe decrease in area to 22,000ha is due to more accurate mapping.Today (June 3rd),there was no growth on the Tommy Lakes wildfire and some sections of the fire did receive rain. The cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity continue to aid fire suppression efforts. The crews have made great progress to date and the fire is currently 40% contained.Today, there are 234 firefighters building and reinforcing guard working to increase containment supported by 8 helicopters along with 22 pieces of heavy equipment.The primary objectives are to establish machine guard and if conditions permit conduct controlled burning operations, in order to protect oil and gas infrastructure, communities and other values in the vicinity of G80340.On the northwest side of the fire, crews along with heavy equipment are working to complete the guard on the west side of the Beatton River. Crews are also working on a contingency guard along the western flank.On the southwest flank, crews are mopping up hot spots from 6 km east on the South Nig, and well site 74 off Beatton road.On the east flank, crews are working to complete mop-up and patrols along and in the vicinity of the North Nig road. They are also mopping up east of the Beatton Road and continue with direct attack west of the 71km mark on the Beatton Road. Crews are also working to complete mop-up from the North Nig road working south towards the 76km mark on the Beatton Road.On the northeast flank, crews continue to patrol and mop-up guards and hose trails constructed off the North Nig and Tommy Lakes roads, and complete the Wellsite access road at 74 km. They are working to construct new guard and support mop up along pipeline guard with crews in the southwest.In the vicinity of the fire, smoke may be visible to the public.The Tommy Lakes (G80340) is the result of the amalgamation of the former Beatton Lake (G80340) and the Tommy Lakes Road (G80341). This amalgamation occurred on May 25, 2018. The Peace River Regional District removed the evacuation alert for a small farming community near the fire Friday.Here is the full update from the B.C. Wildfire Service:Tommy Lakes (G80340)Last updated: Sunday, June 03, 2018 at 10:18 AMLocation: Approximately 29km northeast of mile 109 Hwy 97 (Alaska Highway)• See approximate location of this wildfire on an 
interactive map• View an interactive map of all active Wildfires of Note.Discovered: Tuesday, May 22, 2018Size: 22,000.0 hectares
Status: Active• 40% containedInterface: 
Interface FirePrevious evacuations have been rescinded.As of 1615 on June 1,2018, the Peace River Regional District rescinded the Evacuation Alert for Electoral Area B.
It can be difficult to coordinate a group of robots. Just watch any of the recent Transformers movies. In the real world, however, having robots effectively work together is a tricky thing. This difficulty can crop when it comes to formations. Ted Macdonald has sought to remedy this problem.Macdonald did his graduate work in the Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems lab (GRITS) at Georgia Tech. His thesis centered on the problems with multi-robot cooperation. In some scenarios, the robots drive to the closest available position, but this can result in multi-robot collision. In most cases, the locations are preset which can be cumbersome when obstacles arise.AdChoices广告What Macdonald sought to do was to develop an algorithm that would enable the robots to work without preset locations. Ted’s algorithm hinges itself on the robots knowing the assigned formation and the relative location of other robots in the formation. With this knowledge, each robot is able to autonomously determine where to go, and they are also able to recalculate their route should there be any disturbances along the way.The robots can all work on the same level, or a variable can be introduced. Macdonald modified his algorithm to include a leader robot, on Optimus Prime of sorts that doesn’t work on the same level the rest of the group. The leader could be controlled by a human, have a desired position, or any number of commands and it’s the leader’s actions that will determine what the rest of the group does.Ted recently released a video displaying the leader algorithm in action. The follower robots, each outfitted with a platform, can be seen coordinating around the leader’s movements. They form a four-piece landing platform for a quadrotor that tracks the robots’ movements.Read more at Ted Mcdonald, via Engadget
Australia bans sex between ministers and their staff after deputy PM’s affair Barnaby Joyce is going on leave next week where the Prime Minister wants him to “consider his position”. By AFP Short URL http://jrnl.ie/3852779 Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article Share55 Tweet Email2 Image: Lukas Coch AAP/PA Images Barnaby Joyce reacting during question time in parliament today. Image: Lukas Coch AAP/PA Images
Feb 15th 2018, 7:19 AM 38,206 Views Barnaby Joyce reacting during question time in parliament today. 52 Comments Thursday 15 Feb 2018, 10:26 AM Updated 10.26amAUSTRALIA’S PRIME MINISTER imposed a formal ban on sex between ministers and their staff today after his deputy made “a shocking error of judgement” by having an affair that left an aide pregnant and the government reeling.Malcolm Turnbull announced the amendment to the ministerial code of conduct at an extraordinary press conference during which he slammed deputy Barnaby Joyce for causing “terrible hurt and humiliation” to his wife and four children.“Barnaby made a shocking error of judgement in having an affair with a young woman working in his office,” he said.“In doing so, he has set off a world of woe for those women and appalled all of us.“Our hearts go out to them. It has been a dreadful thing for them to go through in the glare of publicity.”Joyce, 50, has been under immense pressure since his affair with former media advisory Vikki Campion, 33, who is now pregnant with their child, became public last week.It has led to allegations that he breached ministerial rules, with the crisis dominating the front pages and parliament question time, with calls mounting for him to resign.Joyce, whose National Party is in a coalition with the prime minister’s Liberals, will take leave next week, allowing him to side-step the role of acting leader while Turnbull is on a visit to the United States.Turnbull departs for Washington next Wednesday for meetings with US President Donald Trump and is scheduled to be overseas for four days.Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, as deputy Liberal leader, would normally step in if Joyce was unavailable. But she will also be travelling, which means Senate leader Mathias Cormann will take the position.Turnbull said the break would allow Joyce to “consider his own position”.The prime minister could sack him, but that risks fracturing the ruling coalition and could cause a rift between the Liberal and National parties.‘No good comes of it’Joyce admitted to the affair after a picture of his pregnant lover was splashed across the front page of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, and has publicly apologised to his shattered wife of 24 years Natalie and their daughters. Joyce speaking in the House of Representatives Source: Lukas Coch AAP/PA ImagesTurnbull said times had changed and people expected politicians to set an example.“I am not here to moralise. But we must recognise that whatever may have been acceptable or to which a blind eye was turned in the past, today, in 2018, it is not acceptable for a minister to have a sexual relationship with somebody who works for them,” he said.“It is a very bad workplace practice. And everybody knows that no good comes of it.”As such, he amended the code of conduct to make unequivocally clear that “ministers, regardless of whether they are married or single, must not engage in sexual relations with staff”.Joyce – best known internationally for threatening to euthanise Hollywood star Johnny Depp’s dogs over a quarantine violation – denies he breached any rules, which could be grounds for him to be removed from office.He has defended the two jobs, one for a minister, that Campion was given after she stopped working for him last year.The code stipulates that “partners” of ministers cannot be given jobs in ministerial offices without the express approval of the prime minister.Joyce is also under fire over revelations that he accepted a rent-free apartment from a millionaire friend after his marriage collapsed.Labor accused him of breaching ministerial standards by asking for a place to live, and in effect receiving a gift of not paying rent for six months. Joyce insists it was offered and he did not ask for it.Joyce was re-elected in his rural constituency in New South Wales late last year after being forced to stand down over a once-obscure rule barring dual citizens from federal office.He campaigned on a platform of being a pillar of the community who upheld conservative values, including marriage.© – AFP, 2018Read: Australia deputy PM under pressure to resign over affair with woman who was given government jobRead: Australia’s deputy prime minister has had to step down because of his dual citizenship
A Vancouver man who crashed his Cadillac, then had his wife pick him up from the scene where his passenger lay mortally wounded, pleaded guilty Friday to felony hit-and-run.Jason B. Graham, 37, entered guilty pleas to hit-and-run death and felony bail-jumping. The crash occurred Oct. 16, 2010, when Graham was driving on Northeast Cedar Creek Road in north Clark County. His Cadillac hit a tree, seriously injuring his front-seat passenger, Harold Sloan Blanchard of Amboy. Graham left the scene after calling his wife.Blanchard, 27, died about a week later from his injuries.Graham will be sentenced June 15. Deputy Prosecutor Jeannie Bryant said Graham faces a sentence of either 4 1/2 years or 10 years in prison, depending on a dispute over his number of prior convictions.As part of a plea bargain, prosecutors dropped a vehicular homicide charge against him, Bryant said. The bail-jumping charge relates to Graham missing a court hearing last year.Defense attorney Gregg Schile said he plans to request that Graham participate in the Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative program, which combines treatment with the sentence. Graham told the judge he struggles with methamphetamine addiction and alcoholism.
SEATTLE — The leader of Boeing Co. machinists told hundreds of union workers Thursday night that he will see whether he can stop a vote on a proposed new eight-year contract agreement that Boeing says will determine whether much of its new 777X jet is built in the Puget Sound area, a newspaper reports.“I know this is a piece of crap,” Machinists District 751 President Tom Wroblewski said. “I will go to see if this can be withdrawn and not even put to a vote.”The vote is supposed to happen Wednesday. Wroblewski told union members he’ll check whether the union’s bylaws allow the proposal to be pulled.The meeting was closed to reporters until the doors flew open at the end and a Seattle Times reporter heard Wroblewski’s final comments.Departing machinists told reporters that their leader tore up a copy of the proposal as the meeting ended.A man who answered the phone late Thursday night at Machinists union headquarters said Wroblewski was not immediately available to discuss the reported comments with the Associated Press.“All of our options are still on the table, including those within Boeing and interest we have received from outside,” the aerospace company said in a statement late Thursday. “We chose to engage in Puget Sound first, but without full acceptance by the union and Legislature, we will be left with no choice but to open up the process competitively and pursue other options for locating the 777X work.”
Bristol Bay sockeye fillets are processed at Nakeen Homepack during the 2015 season. (Photo by Hannah Colton/KDLG)According to the McDowell group, this past summer’s sockeye is selling a little faster than it did in 2014.The McDowell Group published its fall market outlook for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association this week. Fisheries Analyst Andy Wink said so far fish is moving faster than it did last year.“The frozen h&g product has actually been moving out pretty quickly, you know, being sold through the wholesale market,” he said. “We’re also seeing good sales volumes at the retail side for fillets. That’s really encouraging because more than anything, the industry and the fishery needs this increase in harvest and production to get through the supply chain as fast as possible before we get to next season.”Wink said the inventory of canned salmon has decreased, as have canned salmon prices, but change comes more slowly in that sector.“The inventory there is a little bit more problematic. Canned sales tend not to react as quickly to changes in price or production,” Wink said. “There’s a USDA buy, that’s going to help, but it’s going to take some time to unwind. … It’s kind of a more limited set of consumers, and how much more volume can you push into that consumer base.”The report also looked at one of the big questions making the rounds in fishing communities and on social media: are fishermen getting their fair share of the sockeye’s value? A table on page three shows that so far, fishermen’s take-home pay from this summer was a smaller percentage of the first wholesale value than in ears past.“To provide some data on that, we took all the wholesale sales and divided that by the volume of that product, and that’s where we came up with an average first wholesale value per processed pound,” he said. “So we compared those average value per pound to the exvessel price. What the table and the data tell us, is it that it was pretty consistent kinda within a range from 2006 to 2013. Then in 2014, fishermen tended to get more of the value and in 2015 they got a much lower percentage of it.”Wink cautioned that for 2015, the table only compares the base ex-vessel price to the first wholesale value. The other comparisons can’t come until there’s more information. Bonuses still to come and not-yet-sold inventory will eventually play into the final picture of 2015.The report looked at other factors influencing the world sockeye market – like the Russian embargo that’s resulted in more farmed Norwegian fish in other markets; a general trend of lower prices for all types of salmon; and even the lower price for smaller fillets, which increased sales in Japan this summer but meant less revenue from other sales.The report also included data from retail sales – purchases of filets and canned fish increased this year, a positive sign. As for the 2016 outlook? Wink says he’ll be watching to see what prices are this winter, and how much more fish sells before the 2016 run returns.
Download Now Poland’s Marie Curie-Skłodowska University recently deployed a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster based on SuperMicro SuperBlade* servers and powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series. Intel® architecture provides the performance and flexibility required to support a diverse range of projects, tasks, and software codes. Intel® compilers were also used to optimize code and deliver even greater performance increases. The university is already evaluating the benefits of rolling out another HPC cluster based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family.“Here at the university, we work on a diverse range of projects and tasks that rely on many different types of codes,” explained Paweł Bryk, chemistry lecturer at Marie Curie-Skłodowska University. “For example, the parallel programs that run our molecular dynamics research scale well on multi-core architecture, while our other applications require great single-core performance.”For all the details, download our new Marie Curie-Skłodowska University business success story. As always, you can find many more like this on the Intel.com Business Success Stories for IT Managers page. And to keep up to date on the latest business success stories, follow ReferenceRoom on Twitter. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
As data centers have grown over the years, server power consumption has taken to center stage in the IT theater. Electricity to power servers is now the biggest operational cost in the data center, and one of the biggest headaches for budget managers.So how do you contain server power consumption? I suggest you begin by looking first at inefficient servers—the elephant in your data center. Old and inefficient servers not only consume more power than newer servers, but they do less work. That means you’re paying more to get less.At Intel, we’ve had a laser focus on this issue for many years now, and the new Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family continues this focus. It addresses the efficiency problem on two key fronts: processor performance and power management.To increase server performance, the Intel architecture builds hyperthreading technology into the processor. In simple terms, hyperthreading overlays instruction paths to double the number of processor cores and deliver a lot more throughput for the same amount of energy.For further gains in power efficiency, the processor includes a turbo feature that allows energy to be focused where it is most needed. If a job running on one core needs more power, it can make use of the extra power headroom available on other cores to accelerate processing.Other automated power management features in the new processor family include Intel Power Tuning Technology and Intel Intelligent Power Technology. Power Tuning uses on-board sensors and to give you greater control over power and thermal levels across the system. Intelligent Power Technology automatically regulates power consumptionWith capabilities like these, the newest Intel Xeon processor products families deliver up to 70 percent more performance per watt than previous generations.[i],[ii] These gains help you flip the inefficiency ratio that comes with older servers. Rather than paying more to get less, you pay less to get more. Please note: This blog originally apeared on Data Center Knowledge as an Industry Perspective. [i] Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.[ii] Source: Performance comparison using SPECfp*_rate_base2006 benchmark result at the same TDP. Baseline score of 271 on prior generation 2S Intel Xeon processor X5690 based on best publication to www.spec.org using Intel Compiler 12.1 as of 17 January 2012. For details, please see: http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2012q1/cpu2006-20111219-19195.htmlOpens in a new window. New score of 466 based on Intel internal measured estimates using an Intel Canoe Pass platform with two Intel Xeon processor E5-2680, Turbo Enabled, EIST Enabled, Hyper-Threading Enabled, 64 GB RAM, Intel Compiler 12.1, THP disabled, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1.