Intel will release the Sandy Bridge-EP Xeon E5-2600 series server processor, which is the full version of Sandy Bridge-E, in March next year, bringing eight cores and 20MB of L3 cache. Looking ahead, the next generation of Ivy Bridge-EP is already in preparation, but the release time will be delayed, and it is estimated that it will wait until mid-2013 to meet with you.
Intel originally planned to release SNB-EP at the beginning of next year, but the supporting chipset Patsburg encountered some problems with SAS 6Gbps support (the desktop X79 also canceled the support of the original plan). Intel must ensure that this problem is solved perfectly, not only to be able to smoothly Support SNB-EP, must also be ready to be compatible with future IVB-EP. The latter will be upgraded to the 22nm process with up to ten cores, 25MB of L3 cache, support for DDR3-1866 high frequency memory, and continue to use the backward compatible LGA2011 package interface.
According to reliable sources, the IVB-EP's release process has been affected by this issue, and is similar to the "domino effect". It may take a year or more after the SNB-EP to follow up on launch. Up to 18 Months. In other words, IVB-EP will have to wait until mid-2013, when 22nm Haswell should have been born on the desktop.
As for platform compatibility, don't expect too much of this. IVB-EP will continue to use LGA2011, but the supporting chipset may require a new stepping version. At the same time, motherboard optimization for DDR3-1866 memory technology is not what SNB-EP does, so if you want to really play IVB-EP Strength, the entire platform has to be replaced.
In addition, the SNB-EP Xeon processor itself will undergo at least two step-by-step updates to fix defects and improve frequency, and incidentally it may also enhance overclocking capabilities (of course, this is not publicly mentioned). The step will be the D-stepping in the middle of next year - does this also imply that SNB-E will also update to D-stepping in the middle of next year? Even the full version of the eight-core, 20MB L3 cache appears?
Intel originally planned to release SNB-EP at the beginning of next year, but the supporting chipset Patsburg encountered some problems with SAS 6Gbps support (the desktop X79 also canceled the support of the original plan). Intel must ensure that this problem is solved perfectly, not only to be able to smoothly Support SNB-EP, must also be ready to be compatible with future IVB-EP. The latter will be upgraded to the 22nm process with up to ten cores, 25MB of L3 cache, support for DDR3-1866 high frequency memory, and continue to use the backward compatible LGA2011 package interface.
According to reliable sources, the IVB-EP's release process has been affected by this issue, and is similar to the "domino effect". It may take a year or more after the SNB-EP to follow up on launch. Up to 18 Months. In other words, IVB-EP will have to wait until mid-2013, when 22nm Haswell should have been born on the desktop.
As for platform compatibility, don't expect too much of this. IVB-EP will continue to use LGA2011, but the supporting chipset may require a new stepping version. At the same time, motherboard optimization for DDR3-1866 memory technology is not what SNB-EP does, so if you want to really play IVB-EP Strength, the entire platform has to be replaced.
In addition, the SNB-EP Xeon processor itself will undergo at least two step-by-step updates to fix defects and improve frequency, and incidentally it may also enhance overclocking capabilities (of course, this is not publicly mentioned). The step will be the D-stepping in the middle of next year - does this also imply that SNB-E will also update to D-stepping in the middle of next year? Even the full version of the eight-core, 20MB L3 cache appears?
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