Server processors as the most profitable market, has always been the two most fiercely contested areas of Intel and AMD, according to the recent statistical agency Mercury Research released the fourth quarter of 2021 data, AMD's x86 processor share has reached a record high of 25.6%, of which the largest contribution is the server products, the share of 10.7%.
Just recently, Intel's new generation of Xeon Saphire Rapids in the 48-core product was exposed on the Internet, according to the leak map, its AIDA64 identification information includes Intel 7 (10nm) process manufacturing, Socket E (LGA-4677) interface, level 3 cache 90MB, 270W power consumption, support AVX-512 instruction set and so on. Its base frequency is 2.3GHz and the acceleration frequency is 3.3GHz.
In addition, its score has also been exposed, comparing the Zen3 3D cache version of Milan-X, EPYC 7773X processor, and Ice Lake-SP architecture Xeon Platinum 8380 processor.
In the Cinebench R15 test, Sapphire Rapids still maintained a single-core advantage, about 26% ahead of the EPYC 7773X, but in terms of multi-core running score, the EPYC 7773X had the advantage of 64 cores and 128 threads, so the score was a bit behind.
In terms of memory and processor cache latency, Intel's two generations of platforms are very good, but in terms of processor cache, the 3D cache-powered Milan-X has a huge advantage.
In addition, according to foreign media tom's hardware, Intel recently released a new job posting, planning to establish a GPU development center in the UK. The company is looking for experienced hardware design engineers to develop low-power GPU architectures for devices like notebooks.
"We are building a whole new team in the UK that will focus solely on best-in-class low-power GPU architectures and designs to enable the next generation of portable computing," intel's Xe Architecture and IP Engineering (XAE) Low Power Group writes in a job description, "which requires mature skills in a range of engineering disciplines such as architecture, hardware design, software-driven design, and a key focus on low power consumption." ”
Currently, there are two major GPU developers in the UK – ARM's Mali development team and Imagination Technologies' PowerVR development team. Both focus on low-power GPU architectures and have extensive experience designing energy-efficient GPU modules used by companies such as Apple, MediaTek, NXP, Samsung, and Renesas.
Therefore, it can be said that Intel has set up a low-power GPU development team in the backyard of ARM's home this time, and it is very convenient to want to dig people.