Intel Xeon Processor Supporting Up to 56 Cores & 12 Channels Memory
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HWgeek
Why only BGA option? did they found a problem making reliable socket for it?
TLD LARS
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This scares the shit out of me if this is the future.
Think about having a stupid fault on the motherboard, like a broken Bios chip that is no longer sold, VRM components you can no longer get or a discontinued Chipset, then a fully working CPU goes directly in the trashcan.
If the CPU is defective you may need to buy a new server, because the motherboard is made for the server chassis and a new CPU MB combo does not fit the old housing, together with 4 quatro cards or some expensive raid stuff, that also not fit the new housing anymore, great.
marian4q
There goes Intel glueing cores together after they criticized AMD for it. https://forums.guru3d.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png
To be fair, and I bring history here. Pentium D as I recall glue together and to my view rush or improvised. I remember we all thought that intel was behing AMD true 2 core Athlons.
Now, Ryzen may be glue together, but in a very smart way 🙂 not improvised.
nz3777
MOAR CORES anyone??? Did I read that right $7,000 dollars someone said?
schmidtbag
I'm not totally sure about Pentium D, but I do remember the original Core2 Quads were just a couple of Core2 Duos "glued together", and AMD's response was to make a "true quad core" via the Phenom x4.
Of course, the Phenom x4 had it's own issues since it was rushed, hence the x3.
Alessio1989
How much cores offers AMD at that price? I bet at that price they will give you a free pop too. If you have a discount coupon, there is no deal at Intelmart.
Reddoguk
I might sell my gas fire and get one of these instead.
Aura89
Might have to do with the fact that there are 5903 contacts, which is immense.
Its hard to tell actual size, but it looks like this processor may be a smidge larger then a threadripper/epyc processor, yet has almost 2000 more contacts.
Unless this chip is larger then it appears ofcourse, the pin pitch between the threadripper and this one are supposedly around the same which would imply its a bit bigger then a threadripper
Imagine this, which 2000 more contacts.
https://eteknix-eteknixltd.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AMD-EPYC-7351P-Photo-view-bottom-angle-800x597.jpg
HWgeek
Found the comparison image:
https://st.overclockers.ru/images/news/2019/04/03/cascade_03.jpg
chispy
400watts ( i bet it will pull way more than that under 100% load ) , i think even a water chiller wont be enough to cool this heat monster :/
Aura89
Well, at that point it does look like the pin pitch is similar, just a tad smaller on the intel processor, in which case, throws out my theory about BGA
Actual contact size seems to be smaller as well...maybe that?
Who knows
nevcairiel
Intel has full control over the Cascade Lake AP systems. They build the server, OEMs only get to customize and add extra features. So that means Intel mainboard with Intel CPU, its easier to just use BGA to attach the CPU permanently, instead of designing yet a new socket for it.
LGA3647 already had certain mounting problems, where you could lose memory channel and problems like that, because the socket was way too huge, so they probably wanted to avoid problems like that.
nz3777
I cannot picture anyone dropping this kind of Dime on a cpu but...Seeing they gotta compete with Amd its understandable of course. Maybe use em in those Super-computers and what not?
user1
this is probably where server immersion cooling via stuff like 3m novec becomes the only sensible option.
sverek
Business thinks differently than consumers.
HeavyHemi
12 Channels...just when you think we've progressed! https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5573611/il_570xN.105438156.jpg
sverek
And here I thought I am old enough to understand what it is... nope.
rl66
Also the motherboard for AMD are very very hard (nearly impossible) to found outside USA and some part of Asia.
Even big companies, like Tyan and Supermicro, can't deliver them in mass like they do with Xeon version.
It doesn't help to sell the CPU 😉
JamesSneed
Where is the UHF dial?
Mufflore
C'mon guys, 3rd page in and nobody has asked if it can run at least 28 instances of Crysis at the same time, surely ... ?
