Intel Unveils New Atom and Xeon Processors and Future Rack Scale Architecture 73
MojoKid writes "Intel recently revealed a number of details regarding future Atom and Xeon processors and proposed server rack-level enhancements to improve efficiency and ease upgrades. The company will soon refresh its Xeon and Atom processor lines with new products manufactured using Intel's 22nm process node, which offer improved performance per watt characteristics and expanded feature sets. In total, Intel revealed details of three new low-power, Atom-branded SoCs for the data center, all coming in 2013. Intel is also updating the Xeon E3, E5, and E7 product lines. The Atom processor family will see new SoCs based on designs codenamed Briarwood, Avoton, and Rangeley, while the more powerful Xeons will be updated with Haswell, Ivy Bridge EP, and Ivy Bridge EX-based designs. Xeon E3s will leverage the increased graphics performance of Haswell to improve performance in multimedia-related workloads, like HD video transcodes. OHaswell-based Xeon E3 processors will also offer improved performance per watt over existing Sandy and Ivy Bridge-based designs and Intel will offer Xeon E3 processors with TDPs as low as 13 watts, approximately 25% lower than the prior generation."
Compatible with Windows 7? (Score:5, Interesting)
If not then I am not interested.
Rumor has it the new Atoms with Clovertail are not Windows 7 compatible. [neowin.net] As Microsoft wants us to be testers first rather than customers so they can sell more phones as we get used to the UI.
A wish almost come true, but no ECC (Score:5, Interesting)
I agree with the power-consumption part, but the reason I would still not buy the Atom line is the simple fact that they do not support ECC RAM; when you say "reliability", you do want to know when your RAM walks out on you.
Supermicro sells a couple of mini-ITX board for mobile Core i7s, though, that will still allow you to build an under-30W-idle system with ECC RAM.
Re: Compatible with Windows 7? (Score:2, Interesting)
Don't bother with the Linux world if you don't want to 'hack it' -- so your only alternative is OS/X -- enjoy the overpriced bullshit.
Re:Far Cry 3!!!! (Score:2, Interesting)
Actually running high end games on a Xeon isn't that bad of an idea these days. For some bizarre reason they are always cheaper than equivalent i7 CPUs.
eg, the E3-1275 [intel.com] has an tray price of of $339. It runs faster both in turbo and non-turbo mode than the i7-3840QM [intel.com] which has a tray price of $568.
The E3-1225 at $215 [intel.com] is faster in both turbo and non-turbo speeds than the i7-3610QM at $378 [intel.com].
The E3-1245 at $266 [intel.com] is faster in both turbo and non-turbo speeds than the i7-3820QM at $568 [intel.com].
All CPUs listed are pretty much the same. Same architecture, same generation, same internal graphics card (the P4000 is the HD4000). Yet for some reason there's a huge discount if you buy Xeon rather than i7. There's not that much difference in the motherboard prices either. And the ECC RAM is optional, not required. So bizarrely these days it's worth buying Xeon if you want a huge discount on the desktop CPU prices.
Re: Compatible with Windows 7? (Score:4, Interesting)
Ah the classic piece of anti-Linux FUD.
I'm not sure that the original poster was making an anti-Linux statement there. I read it as having to do with having to hack around the Windows 8 "improvements".