[Hardware] Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids coming in 2021 with DDR5 and PCIe 5.0

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It is not lost on all of us that Intel is not experiencing one of its best moments in the processor market. Their inability to jump to 10nm is causing them a great deal of trouble. During Intel Architecture Day 2020, the future of the company was discussed, specifically the Xeon segment. Above all, it has highlighted data from the Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids that will arrive in 2021.

 

Meanwhile, the Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake is "geared towards the end of 2020, offering users a significant increase in both performance and responsiveness across all workloads." It seems that the company can finally begin to correct the problems.

 

Intel to offer DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 in Sapphire Rapids.

 

By the end of the year we will see the Xeon Ice Lake with PCIe 4.0 and Octa Channel DDR4. These new processors will also arrive with improvements in the instruction set and a good performance in cryptography. They are interesting news in Intel processors for servers and Data Centers.

Perhaps the most interesting will come for the second half of 2021, where the distribution of the Intel Sapphire Rapids will begin. These processors are the next generation of Xeon Scalable processors. They will be used in the Aurora Exascale supercomputer at Argonne National Lab and will support PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 RAM.

 

These new Sapphire Rapids will be based on Intel's 10nm SuperFin technology that will allow for higher frequencies and lower voltages. Combining these frequencies with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 means getting a huge leap in performance in demanding workloads. Come on, it seems that after years of pilgrimage through the desert, things seem that in 2021, for Intel, they will improve.

 

Additionally, Sapphire Rapids adds support for Compute Express Link 1.1, which will enable high-speed system interconnection. A new AI accelerator which has been designed to support.