Intel to possibly announce even more impressive chip than 7980XE at Computex

[eddiew]

World's first 250 watt CPU?

 

[BongoHunter]

28 core!

During the keynote, Gregory Bryant also gave us a taste of upcoming Core-X 28-core processor. This SKU will run at 5 GHz (it was all-core frequency during a Cinebench run). This processor is expected to hit the market at the end of this year, so it’s probably part of Cascade series.

Edit: Link: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-cascade-lake-x-hedt-coming-at-the-end-of-this-year

 

[DragonQ]

Where did you get that nonsense from? The 28 core CPU and the 5 GHz CPU are not the same thing...

 

[Armageus]

28 core!

At 5ghz... good luck:
https://ark.intel.com/products/120496/Intel-Xeon-Platinum-8180-Processor-38_5M-Cache-2_50-GHz

 

[BongoHunter]

Sorry forget to post the link - was taken from here: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-cascade-lake-x-hedt-coming-at-the-end-of-this-year

 

[4K8KW10]

LN2 for the purpose of more show....

World's first 250 watt CPU?

If lucky, if not... Overclocked Core i9-7980XE hits 6.1GHz and pulls 1000 watts https://www.pcgamer.com/overclocked-core-i9-7980xe-hits-61ghz-and-pulls-1000-watts/

 

[pandem0nium]

Intel getting the glue out.

 

[Armageus]

Intel getting the glue out.

? Not really - it's an existing chip.

Whether they are able to produce a HEDT platform and cherry pick chips that can do 5ghz boost without requiring LN2 to keep the 205W+ cool

 

[4K8KW10]

Yes, it is just a rebranded Xeon.

But the question is what exactly is this chip. Is it two smaller dies glued together, or a very large ~500 sq. mm with potentially even more cores but some disabled?

edit: I have found it: https://www.anandtech.com/show/1155...-core-i9-7900x-i7-7820x-and-i7-7800x-tested/6



It is a single monolithic 700 sq. mm die with 28 cores all enabled by the looks of it.

 

[DragonQ]

? Not really - it's an existing chip.

Whether they are able to produce a HEDT platform and cherry pick chips that can do 5ghz boost without requiring LN2 to keep the 205W+ cool

It's not going to be 5 GHz, that was probably on LN2. The 5 GHz chip is the i7-8086K.

 

[Armageus]

It is a single monolithic 700 sq. mm die with 28 cores all enabled by the looks of it.

Yes it is - another source here

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Proce...-New-Architecture-New-Platform-Data-Center/Di
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-xeon-processor-scalable-family-technical-overview

 

[doodah]

I know it's an existing chip but surely the current server iteration is nowhere near 5GHz? The price is going to be eye watering.

 

[sideways14a]

700 Square mm..

Jebus thats a whopper.
So that means its going to cost a bazillion kidneys, first borns and what not.
As for 5Ghz... yeah... ok lol.

 

[Armageus]

I know it's an existing chip but surely the current server iteration is nowhere near 5GHz? The price is going to be eye watering.

2.5Ghz Base, 3.8Ghz Turbo.

Max all core boost is 3.2Ghz - https://www.anandtech.com/show/11544/intel-skylake-ep-vs-amd-epyc-7000-cpu-battle-of-the-decade/8

So doubtful that they can find another 1.8Ghz without increasing the already not-insubstantial 205w tdp.

 

[doodah]

Mind you, those numbers aren't bad at all for such a monstrous chip. Very intrigued.

 

[sideways14a]

I wouldnt be surprised if intel tried to pull a fast one and pumped up the single core turbo on this thing just to get headlines.
but 5Ghz all core.. the internet is going nuts over this with loads of folk thinking its going to do this out the box, well if it does intel will have created sustainable fusion for the first time...

On the other hand, this must confirm that Threadripper + is a beast - intel wont want to be doing this just for fun.

 

[BongoHunter]

So do we think this chip would skt 3647? Cant imagine it could supply the required power though tbh!

 

[Journey]

I guess this confirms 32c/64t Threadripper 2 CPU's then, didn't want to look like they were playing catch up this year.

 

[doodah]

Wonder what TIM/IHS combo they're going with

 

[humbug]

I guess this confirms 32c/64t Threadripper 2 CPU's then, didn't want to look like they were playing catch up this year.

That would be a real kick in the teeth for Intel.