02-25-2020, 08:42 AM
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-...r-per-core
Quote:Intel introduced its new lineup of Cascade Lake Refresh Xeon server parts today and they bring along remarkable price reductions compared to the existing Xeon lineup, with the top-line changes to the company's flagship models amounting to a ~60% reduction in per-core pricing in exchange for the inability to scale beyond two sockets. Paired with Intel's other recent price adjustments, a 28-core SKU that used to weigh in at $13,012 now retails for a mere $3,950.
Intel also introduced more subtle changes to its mid-range processors with dual-socket models that feature more cores, cache, and higher frequencies at the same price points as previous-gen models that support more sockets, along with several new workload-optimized parts.
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Overall, Intel says the Cascade Lake Refresh processors offer an average of 36% more performance and 42% better performance-per-dollar compared to the first-gen Xeon Gold lineup, serving as an obvious counterblow to AMD's EPYC Rome data center processors.
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Intel has been besieged by a seemingly-never-ending shortage of 14nm production, but has focused on ensuring supply of its margin-rich Xeon products above all others. The company says it has adequate supply of the new Cascade Lake Refresh processors, which are available now at OEMs and ODMs worldwide. The company also announced that it has increased the number of Intel Select Solutions, a pre-validated server platform, by 60% and doubled the number of partners producing the systems.
The somewhat odd timing of the Cascade Lake Refresh might lead some to question Intel's progress on its Cooper Lake processors that will top out at 56 cores for general-purpose platforms and come with new features like second-gen DL Boost acceleration, but Intel says it remains on track for production of the first processors for the Whitley platform.