Compute
Intel Hopes To Accelerate Datacenter And Edge With A Slew Of Chips
It is hard to say how many Xeon and Xeon SP CPU sales have been obliterated by Nvidia GPUs, but the number is a big one. …
Xe
Compute
Aurora In A Socket: What Intel’s “Falcon Shores” XPU Might Do
We are still chewing through some of the announcements that came out of Intel Investor Day and the ISSCC 2022 chip conference, and one of the things we want to circle back on is the “Falcon Shores” hybrid CPU-GPU that Intel is working on for future servers. …
Compute
Intel Delays “Sapphire Rapids” Server Chips, Confirms HBM Memory Option
It is a relatively quiet International Supercomputing conference on the hardware front, with no new processors or switch ASICs being announced from the usual suspects. …
Compute
Intel’s First Discrete Xe Server GPU Aimed At Hyperscalers
We have been waiting for years to see the first discrete Xe GPU from Intel that is aimed at the datacenter, and as it turns out, the first one is not the heavy compute engine we have been anticipating, but rather a souped up version of the Iris Xe LP and Iris Max Xe LP graphics cards that were launched at the end of October, which themselves are essentially the GPU extracted from the hybrid CPU-GPU “Tiger Lake” Core i9 processors for PC clients. …
Compute
Intel Puts Its Xe GPU Stakes In The Ground
For about a decade, Intel has sold GPUs, in recent years with its integrated CPU-GPU devices used in client and entry servers. …
Compute
Intel Tests Its Datacenter Teflon With 7 Nanometer Delay
There is such a thing as a string of bad luck, but we have always believed that luck is the residue of design, either good or bad. …
HPC
HPC In 2020: Compute Engine Diversity Gets Real
The choice of processors available for high performance computing has been on growing for a number of years. …
Compute
The Four Workhorses Of The Data Apocalypse
The days when the X86 processor could do just about every kind of processing in the datacenter are gone. …
AI
Aurora Exascale AI Supercomputer To Light A Path In The Cancer Fight
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest incidence data, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease. …