IT House February 5 news, according to Tom's Hardware reported that a number of European retailers have begun to list the MBD-X13SAE series motherboards based on the W680 chipset, which will support Intel's Xeon processors based on 12th generation Core.
IT House understands that the W680 motherboard will support the Intel Xeon E-3300 processor in the LGA1700 package, which will be used for workstations as well as entry-level servers.
In terms of parameters, the Xeon E-3300 processor should have specifications similar to that of the 12th Generation Core, that is, up to 16 cores and 24 threads, with a choice of 35 W, 65 W and 125 W models. The new W680 motherboard platform will also bring DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support. In addition, Intel should enable AVX-512 on the Xeon E-3300 processor.
The MBD-X13SAE motherboard based on the W680 chipset is reportedly priced at 442 euros (about 3217.76 yuan), can be ordered from Sona.de, and delivered within 3 – 5 business days, which means that the release date of the Intel Xeon E-3300 processor is not far away.
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