Last week Intel announced their Xeon D-2100 Processors with up to 18 cores and 36 threads. The Xeon D-2100 series support up to 512GB quad-channel ddr4 memory. The processors will become available in a wide variety of SKUs ranging from six to eighteen CPU cores with the TDP ranging from 60 to 110 Watts.
The platform can support up to four 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. The first motherboards with integrated proc now also slowly start to show up and off at manufacturers. the first being a Gigabyte MB51-PS0, which has been fitted with a Xeon D-2183IT which is a 16 core / 32 thread part with a 2.2 GHz base clock and turbo up-to 3.0 GHz. That proc alone costs 1764 USD btw.
Gigabyte MB51-PS0 with 16-core Xeon D-2100 Processor Reveals itself