
More CPU Cores Isn’t Always Better, Especially In HPC
If a few cores are good, then a lot of cores ought to be better. …
If a few cores are good, then a lot of cores ought to be better. …
No matter what, and without any excuses about Moore’s Law slowing down, those buying compute, storage, and networking expect at least one thing in any generational leap in a device: That the cost per unit of capacity goes down. …
Pat Gelsinger returned to Intel as CEO in early 2021, the same year that the company was supposed to launch is much-touted fourth-generation Xeon SP processor, dubbed “Sapphire Rapids.” …
If you are thinking that you are having flashbacks as Intel is launching the “Sapphire Rapids” server CPUs – the company’s fourth generation in the Xeon SP family of server processors – you are not alone. …
Nearly two years ago, Hewlett Packard Enterprise rolled out a new battle plan for storage and a new kind of storage array to implement it. …
If there is one bright spot in the Xeon SP server chip line from Intel, it is the version of the “Sapphire Rapids” Xeon SP processor that has HBM memory welded to it. …
It is very rare for any of the major semiconductor suppliers of the world to ever admit that things are going wrong, even when we all know that they have been. …
This day always comes. It is the nature of monopoly and hubris. …
While chip designer and maker Intel has a new strategy and a new executive team to implement it, it is going to take a long time for changes made last year and this year to be felt and for product and process roadmap changes to put the company into a better competitive situation. …
When this is all said and done, Intel will deserve some kind of award for keeping its 14 nanometer processes moving along enough as it gets its 10 nanometer and 7 nanometer processes knocked together to still, somehow, manage to retain dominant market share in the server space. …
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