Intel Nehalem microarchitecture
Realizes: Improved server energy efficiency through integrated memory controller, QuickPath interconnect, and Turbo Boost optimizations.
Category 1 general-purpose x86 CPU lineage microarchitecture that brings the memory controller on-die, couples cores with QuickPath, and uses Turbo Boost to lift throughput and power efficiency.
Examples
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Nehalem-based datacenter servers
Wikipedia notes how Nehalem-based servers used the integrated memory controller, QuickPath interconnect, and Turbo Boost to improve server performance per watt and energy efficiency for virtualization and database workloads.
server virtualization and enterprise database workloads
high
rack-scale datacenter
improved performance per watt