Intel Shows 1.59x Performance Improvement in Upcoming Intel Xeon Scalable Family

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/18/2017 06:57 AM | source: | 2 comment(s)

Intel unveiled performance advances in its upcoming Intel Xeon Processor Scalable family. At the SAP Sapphire NOW conference, Intel showed up to 1.59x higher Intel Xeon processor performance running in-memory SAP HANA workloads.

Diane Bryant, group president of the Data Center Group at Intel, outlined how the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable family - available in mid-2017 - will provide enhanced performance to in-memory applications like SAP HANA. This will provide customers faster time-to-insight and allow organizations to rapidly respond to change.

Bryant also announced that SAP has certified HANA to support up to 6x greater system memory on the new Intel platform for 4- or 8-socket configurations over the representative installed base of systems available four years ago. More information about the immediate-term benefits of running SAP HANA workloads on the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable family is available at Intel's IT Peer Network site.

Additionally, exhibiting Intel's commitment to re-architecting the data center to support the future needs of a data-intensive world driven by the growth of artificial intelligence, 5G, autonomous driving and virtual reality, Intel demonstrated live for the first time its future persistent memory solution in a DIMM form factor. Based on 3D XPoint media, Intel persistent memory is a transformational technology that will deliver to the mainstream memory that is higher capacity, affordable and persistent.

With Intel persistent memory, Intel is revolutionizing the storage hierarchy to bring large amounts of data closer to the Intel Xeon processor, which will enable many new usage models and make in-memory applications like SAP HANA even more powerful. Intel persistent memory will be available in 2018 as part of an Intel Xeon Processor Scalable family refresh (codename: Cascade Lake).

During a live demonstration of Intel persistent memory at SAP Sapphire, Lisa Davis, vice president of IT Transformation for Enterprise and Government in the data Data Center Group at Intel, noted that with Intel persistent memory, in-memory databases like SAP HANA will be able to deliver even faster transactions, perform real-time analytics and accelerate business decision-making.

In preparation for next year's availability, software developers can accelerate their readiness for Intel persistent memory today with the libraries and tools at www.pmem.io. Further product details will be unveiled at a later date.

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#5433038 Posted on: 05/18/2017 08:22 AM

Which HW compared to which? What was configuration of solution before and after...

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#5433041 Posted on: 05/18/2017 08:40 AM

Which HW compared to which? What was configuration of solution before and after...

I recall Intel comparing their upcoming Xeons a few weeks back, to Broadwell..and still losing out in some places. So I expect the same comparison to be made here.

Grabbed this from Intel's release on the show

Intel estimate, Intel Xeon processor Scalable family series as compared to a representative Intel® Xeon® processor E7 v4 system.-
- - Representative systems available four years ago (Intel® Xeon E7 Processor)

Ok. So, let's dig into wording here, because this is bugging me something fierce.

Bryant also announced that SAP has certified HANA to support up to 6x greater system memory on the new Intel platform for 4- or 8-socket configurations

So, this enhanced memory support is only exclusive to Intel based systems running the upcoming Xeons? Or is this is a generalised update to HANA that allows it to support greater memory as a whole? If they want to start disabling specific instructions and feature support for Intel's competitors based on no technological reasoning, then that could end poorly.

With Intel persistent memory, Intel is revolutionizing the storage hierarchy

Nowhere can I find anything on this new memory, other than it being non-volatile. Which, considering the downtime servers face and how reliable they're designed to, shouldn't really be a consideration for anyone, especially in a 4 or 8 socket server rack.

I find it amusing that even Intel are still trying to chant on about Self Driving cars, meanwhile no sane country will legalise them..Assisted driving maybe..But self? Nah.

I mean, am I missing something here, or was the only meaningful thing released here was news of a vendor lock-in, and then some buzzwords to bulk it out?

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