January 31, 2018 By Dustin McNabb < 1 min read

Next Generation Intel® Xeon® E3-1270 v6 Processors now available on IBM Cloud

IBM is excited to announce the global availability of its bare metal servers powered by the new Intel® Xeon® E3-1270 v6 processor. With up to a 56 percent performance improvement compared to an Intel® second generation E3-1200 processor, the E3-1200 v6 processor-family delivers performance to manage today’s most demanding cloud workloads.

The Intel® Xeon® E3-1270 v6 processor has the following characteristics:

In addition to gains in CPU performance and support for faster memory speeds and higher memory capacity (up to 64 GB), the E3-1200 v6 product family-based platforms offer fast access to data and help protect data integrity – in addition to offering proven reliability across a range of business workloads. Ultimately, the E3-1270 v6 is a perfect choice for CPU and data intensive workloads.

IBM Cloud bare metal servers powered by Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 processors are be available in IBM Cloud data centers in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia.

How to Order:

Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors can be ordered as part of selected IBM Cloud bare metal server configurations. Visit https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/intel to learn more about these exciting processors and to start building your own bare metal configuration.

Start building today

More from

How a company transformed employee HR experience with an AI assistant

3 min read - IBM Build Partner Inspire for Solutions Development is a regional consulting firm that provides enterprise IT solutions across the Middle East. Jad Haddad, Head of AI at Inspire for Solutions Development has embraced the IBM watsonx™ AI and data platform to enhance the HR experience for its 450 employees. Next-gen HR for a next-gen workforce As a new generation of digital natives enters the workforce, we are seeing new expectations around the employee experience. Gen Z employees prefer an HR…

Fantasy Football trades: How IBM Granite foundation models drive personalized explainability for millions

4 min read - With almost 1,700 players in 272 games, the amount of data generated during the NFL football season is enormous. Fantasy football team owners are faced with complex decisions and an ocean of information. Deciding who to start, who to bench and who to trade each week can be a daunting task. It can also be a lot of fun—and that’s why the ESPN Fantasy app engages 12 million fantasy football users each year.  For the last 8 years, IBM has…

Advance your enterprise Journey to Hybrid Cloud and AI powered by AIOps on Z

2 min read - Thanks to rising costs, skills shortages and ever-growing security threats, businesses must adapt quickly to shifts in demand patterns brought on by a digital workforce and rapidly changing buyer behavior. That requires putting extra emphasis on the resiliency and performance of your business processes and supporting applications. For larger IT organizations with increasingly hybrid and complex application landscapes that often include IBM Z®, it’s essential to take a comprehensive approach to IT operations. The challenge becomes “How do you effectively sift through terabytes of…

IBM Newsletters

Get our newsletters and topic updates that deliver the latest thought leadership and insights on emerging trends.
Subscribe now More newsletters