http://www.techpowerup.com/219275/intel-readies-a-5-1-ghz-xeon-chip-based-on-the-broadwell-architecture.html
Sounds unlikely but you never know!
Sounds unlikely but you never know!
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Intel Readies a 5.1 GHz Xeon Chip Based on the "Broadwell" Architecture
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Hmm, just as I'm speccing a Premier and AE render station.
Dual socket board with two 5.1ghz XEONS sounds nice!
Dual socket board with two 5.1ghz XEONS sounds nice!
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Would they even work in non server boards? If they can release CPU's with clock speeds that high then why aren't they releasing them to us?
As unlikely as this mythical 5.1 GHz chip is, why would they release 5.1 GHz CPU when their lower clocked ones sell like hot cakes?
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No, but they have a huge parts bin to cherry pick from (or this could be a completely custom part)
4.0Ghz (4.4Ghz Turbo) on 4790K as far as I know
It's a Quad core chip at 5.1Ghz. At 165W TDP, I don't think it's bull - but that is the price you pay to get such high clock speeds, due to more leakage (for comparison the 22 core 2.2Ghz Xeon E5-2699 v4 only has a 145W TDP)
Because it's likely a specific customer or market requesting them and paying appropriately for them. E.g. Stock trading and other real time apps, that are largely still single threaded.
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Yeah if it would work in my x99 board that would be pretty sweet.
I still remember the last time Intel introduced a very limited 2 core xeon based processor which runs at 4.4Ghz. It was amazing to hear considering the fact that at that time average stock speed is just around 3Ghz mark.
The name is Xeon X5698.
The name is Xeon X5698.
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Actually sounds too good to be true. We shall see when something like this comes out. Will definitely carry a premium price.
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Can't think they would do this?
Drop in x99 and a good price would make it an interesting option but I can't imagine them doing it or at least keeping the price any where reasonable.
Drop in x99 and a good price would make it an interesting option but I can't imagine them doing it or at least keeping the price any where reasonable.
I doubt you'll be able to buy them - far more likely they will be OEM only and go straight to a manufacturer to fulfil a specific customer need.
Because a big customer will have asked for them, due to needing clock speed over cores.
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Intel had 4.4GHZ socket 1366 CPUs but they had half the cores disabled.
This is one of the Broadwell EP CPUs,with upto 22 cores,but with only 4 cores active meaning they can clocked it higher. I suspect with such a large surface area it will be easier to cool.
This is one of the Broadwell EP CPUs,with upto 22 cores,but with only 4 cores active meaning they can clocked it higher. I suspect with such a large surface area it will be easier to cool.
Don't think so - if Intel were truly worried and didn't have anything in the pipeline I'm sure they could repackage a Xeon as a consumer processor
e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4#Gallatin_.28Extreme_Edition.29
Pretty much exactly this - and if they pick the four cores specifically then they will pick the furthest apart in order to spread the thermal load.