[Rumor] Intel to announce 5.1GHz Broadwell based Xeon processor

[AlTech]

 

if some Chinese sources are to be believed,  Intel is preparing to announce a 5.1GHz Quad core  Broadwell based Xeon E5-2600 V4.

 

 

 

The rumor comes from several Chinese sources who are stating that Intel is preparing to launch within their E5-2600 V4 Xeon family, a quad core processor which is going to be specially designed for certain workloads. The Xeon chip which is known by the model number, Xeon E5-2602 V4, will be a quad core chip with a multi-thread design. However, unlike any other Xeon or consumer chip, this one would come with a default clock speed of 5.1 GHz which is an insane frequency for Xeon processors. The chip will feature 10 MB L3 cache since each core comes with 2.5 MB of shared cache and the whole package is supposed to operate with a TDP of 165W.

The clock speed for this chip alone is by far the highest default frequency for an Intel processor.

 

Does this mean that Intel is returning back to the GHz race? Certainly no, Intel is more about efficiency these days than anything else and this specific SKU (if real), has been built for a specific customer. This doesn’t mean that we will see Intel pushing faster clocked chips in the future. Now this specific SKU is still a rumor but we know for certain that Intel is launching their Broadwell-EP Xeon E5 2600 V4 processors this quarter and will consist of several chips that include the 22 core Xeon E5-2699 V4 and later, we will get to see a 24 core Xeon model under the Xeon E7 lineup that arrives in Q2 2016.

 

WTF is this? Who needs a 5.1GHz CPU?

 

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[TheRandomness]

Auto colour for night theme users please. Also, high price tag + binned Xeon. Kay.

[AlTech]

Auto colour for night theme users please. Also, high price tag + binned Xeon. Kay.

Is that better?

[Xenift]

Well.

1 step closer to having a supercomputer at home.

[FloRolf]

Inb4 $2k for a quad core

[kameshss]

Quadcore CPU with 165W TDP. Yeah.. 5.1 GHz makes sense.

 

Imma gonna buy four of them and put it in a Super Micro Board, with 256GB of ECC Dimms.

 

And then play Minecraft. Yay!!!

[That Norwegian Guy]

Shame it's a 4-core.

 

But Intel has a lot to be ashamed of.

[TheRandomness]

Is that better?

Half of the quote is still dark

[LukaP]

 

WTF is this? Who needs a 5.1GHz CPU?

 

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1. WCCF >.>

Transactional applications are an example of a frequency dependent workload. There are probably some other single threaded workloads in enterprise im not aware of, but that is one off the top of my head

[kameshss]

Is that better?

 

Nope. It's still there.

[LukaP]

Shame it's a 4-core.

 

But Intel has a lot to be ashamed of.

Well even for a giant like intel, it would be completely unprofitable to try to bin higher corecounts for this. Even so id imagine this would be the big 8-12 core die, with most cores turned off and only those that can achieve 5.1 are turned off. And the best compromise was 4 cores it seems

[AlTech]

 

Nope. It's still there.

Sorry I'll try to fix it.

[kameshss]

Sorry I'll try to fix it.

ha ha.

 

 

Dude, select all the text in your post then click  put it in "Automatic"...

[AlTech]

ha ha.

 

 

Dude, select all the text in your post then click  put it in "Automatic"...

I've tried that but it doesn't work.

[kameshss]

I've tried that but it doesn't work.

Alri8, select all your text then click this icon  then put it in automatic.

[simson0606]

wow, that would be the first time taht intel breaks the 5ghz barrier on stock clocks

[Stefan1024]

If the IPC is good, I'd love to get one. Much better than 22 cores at 2 GHz.

Single thread performance is much more important to me than a ridiculous number of cores.

 

Pare it with NVDIMMS / xPoint and it will be wicked fast. Hopefully I can afford it somehow.

[SurvivorNVL]

If the IPC is good, I'd love to get one. Much better than 22 cores at 2 GHz.

Single thread performance is much more important to me than a ridiculous number of cores.

 

Pare it with NVDIMMS / xPoint and it will be wicked fast. Hopefully I can afford it somehow.

Same thought I am having.  It may be 4-cores, but with Intel IPC, and the fact it is a Xeon - it'd do well.  Some ECC ram and XPoint in the future, and it'd be golden.  Only downside is OEM, but hell, I'd hunt down an OEM machine for one, and rip it apart to have a stock 5.1ghz Intel processor.  Quadcore or not.

[iamdarkyoshi]

TDP higher than my CPU? How DARE they do that!

[Stefan1024]

Same thought I am having.  It may be 4-cores, but with Intel IPC, and the fact it is a Xeon - it'd do well.  Some ECC ram and XPoint in the future, and it'd be golden.  Only downside is OEM, but hell, I'd hunt down an OEM machine for one, and rip it apart to have a stock 5.1ghz Intel processor.  Quadcore or not.

Haha yes

Also it's an 2xxxso you can put two of them on one MoBo ot have a vitual 8 core.

But 4 very fast once are more than enougth.

[CTR640]

As long as AMD won't do any shit, we are stuck in current 5% increase and 4 cores.

[Stefan1024]

TDP higher than my CPU? How DARE they do that!

 

They not only dare, they have to. It's like a factory OC so power consumption skyrockets...

[Megahurt]

Desktop broadwell didn't overclock that high if I remember, and I doubt a cpu clocked that high could pass xeon certification in high enough numbers, I'll believe it when I see it.

[SurvivorNVL]

Haha yes

Also it's an 2xxxso you can put two of them on one MoBo ot have a vitual 8 core.

But 4 very fast once are more than enougth.

An excuse to get an Asus dual-socket :>

[iamdarkyoshi]

They not only dare, they have to. It's like a factory OC so power consumption skyrockets...

If I bring my chip ftom 3.3ghz to 5.1ghz, I could probably beat their TDP