Intel announced the next Xeon Scalable scalable server processor product blueprint, confirming that the 5th generation Xeon Scalable scalable server processor code-named "Emerald Rapids" and introducing the next-generation P Core performance core design will be available in the fourth quarter of 2023. In addition, it plans to launch a product code-named "Sierra Forest" in the first half of 2024 that uses an all-E Core energy-saving core design, and plans to launch processors code-named "Granite Rapids" and "Clearwater Forest" in the future.
Intel has already launched the 4th generation Xeon Scalable server processor code-named "Sapphire Rapids", and emphasized that its competitor AMD's 4th generation EPYC server processor with multi-core design can improve workload performance by an average of 4 times in deep learning applications through the AMX acceleration architecture design.
In the future product blueprint announced this time, the product code-named "Emerald Rapids" is confirmed to be the 5th generation Xeon Scalable expandable server processor, which is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of 2023. Test samples have been provided to specific customers, which will use the new generation P Core performance core.
As for the product code-named "Sierra Forest", it is Intel's first Xeon Scalable server processor built entirely with E Core energy-saving cores. It is also the first product to use Intel 3 process. The maximum number of cores can reach 144 sets, and it has set a record for multi-system startup and use. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be targeted at cloud virtualization, multi-tasking computing and other applications, and is expected to be launched in the first half of 2024.
In addition, the product code-named "Granite Rapids" is planned to be launched after the product code-named "Sierra Frost", and there is no specific launch schedule yet. The design of "Granite Rapids" will continue the design of "Sierra Frost" to shorten the product launch schedule. It will use the industry's fastest memory channel, through a new DIMM slot called MCR (Multiplexer Combination Column), to achieve a data transfer rate of up to 5MHz in the DDR8800 memory module, which is about 80% more peak transmission bandwidth than most memory used in the industry.
After the "Sierra Forest" product, which is entirely built with the E Core energy-saving core, Intel also plans to continue to launch new products that are all built with the E Core energy-saving core, and will be code-named "Clearwater Forest". It is expected to be released after 2025 and will be produced with Intel 18A process.
In the products announced this time, Intel also revealed that it has begun verifying the new Habana Gaudi3 artificial intelligence inference accelerator, and stated that it will continue to announce up to 2023 FPGA architecture design products in 15.
