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That's fine, but there are a lot of HPC workloads that benefit from carving up high-core count CPUs into smaller
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Product segmentation is another open question.
Key facts
- DEEP DIVE Intel's Xeon 7 platform, better known by its codename Diamond Rapids, was supposed to launch this year with up to 192 cores backed by a whopping 16 memory channels
- At the Hot Chips show this week, Intel revealed the chip won't ship with 192 cores after all, but hold your disappointment because Chipzilla's flagship SKU will cram 256 performance cores
- In fact, spec-for-spec, the platform is surprisingly well positioned to compete with AMD's sixth-gen Venice Epycs, which will also top out at 256 cores
- If Intel can deliver more cores for less than AMD with its Xeon 7 processors, for the right buyer, it may not matter who has the better performance. ®
Summary
Delayed, flawed, yet still beautiful. DEEP DIVE Intel's Xeon 7 platform, better known by its codename Diamond Rapids, was supposed to launch this year with up to 192 cores backed by a whopping 16 memory channels. At the Hot Chips show this week, Intel revealed the chip won't ship with 192 cores after all, but hold your disappointment because Chipzilla's flagship SKU will cram 256 performance cores into a single socket. In fact, spec-for-spec, the platform is surprisingly well positioned to compete with AMD's sixth-gen Venice Epycs, which will also top out at 256 cores. As they reported earlier this year, Diamond Rapids won't be a mainstream part.