To sample in 2016
During its Data Center Group investor meeting, Intel revealed a bit more details regarding future plans including the fact that Skylake-EP should sample to partners in early 2016, or at the same time when Intel plans to launch Broadwell-EP Xeon CPUs.
According to earlier information, Intel plans to release its new Xeon CPUs, also known as Broadwell-EP, in early 2016, but according to latest slides and information spotted by Computerbase.de, it appears that the company also plans to sample the successor, Skylake-EP, to big partners at the same time.
The time frame lines up with the planned introductions of 3D XPoint memory, also known as Optane Technology. The Skylake-EP Xeon CPUs and the Purley platform will be the first to fully adapt and use the new meory technology. Although the samples could be provided to big partners, Skylake-EP and the Purley platform will not be officially launched before 2017.
According to the information, partners agree that Broadwell-EP should launch in early 2016, but the desktop version, known as the Broadwell-E could be delayed to the end of second quarter, despite the fact that the silicon is identical.
Intel is certainly focusing on server space, especially in the Data Center Group and cloud space, where 3D XPoint memory technology and Omni Path should provide significant improvements and give Intel a major sale boost. Intel has introduced custom solution with Ivy Bridge-EP CPUs but it was Haswell-EP Xeon CPUs that got them to five of the seven largest cloud server providers, which include Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Faceobook, Google, Microsoft and Tencent.
Five of these seven cloud server providers, or as Intel calls them Super 7, will be getting CPU samples early and four are in the FPGA program. All of the companies have also expressed great interest for the new 3D XPoint memory as it should provide significant boost in that part of the market. This is a great thing for Intel as analysts have already predicted a great boost in that part of the market reaching the peak in 2020.
Source: Computerbase.de.
According to earlier information, Intel plans to release its new Xeon CPUs, also known as Broadwell-EP, in early 2016, but according to latest slides and information spotted by Computerbase.de, it appears that the company also plans to sample the successor, Skylake-EP, to big partners at the same time.
The time frame lines up with the planned introductions of 3D XPoint memory, also known as Optane Technology. The Skylake-EP Xeon CPUs and the Purley platform will be the first to fully adapt and use the new meory technology. Although the samples could be provided to big partners, Skylake-EP and the Purley platform will not be officially launched before 2017.
According to the information, partners agree that Broadwell-EP should launch in early 2016, but the desktop version, known as the Broadwell-E could be delayed to the end of second quarter, despite the fact that the silicon is identical.
Intel is certainly focusing on server space, especially in the Data Center Group and cloud space, where 3D XPoint memory technology and Omni Path should provide significant improvements and give Intel a major sale boost. Intel has introduced custom solution with Ivy Bridge-EP CPUs but it was Haswell-EP Xeon CPUs that got them to five of the seven largest cloud server providers, which include Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Faceobook, Google, Microsoft and Tencent.
Five of these seven cloud server providers, or as Intel calls them Super 7, will be getting CPU samples early and four are in the FPGA program. All of the companies have also expressed great interest for the new 3D XPoint memory as it should provide significant boost in that part of the market. This is a great thing for Intel as analysts have already predicted a great boost in that part of the market reaching the peak in 2020.
Source: Computerbase.de.
News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini
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