Intel introduces Xeon 6+ server processors, previews upcoming graphics cards
Intel Corp. today debuted a line of central processing units based on its latest manufacturing process and shared new details about its next-generation graphics cards.
Both product families are geared toward artificial intelligence data centers. Intel is also prioritizing the AI infrastructure market with a new series of Ethernet chips that it announced in conjunction.
The Xeon 6+ product series comprises six CPUs based on Intel’s Darkmont core design, which prioritizes power efficiency over performance. The most advanced chip in the lineup, the Xeon 6990E+, features 288 cores. They’re backed by an L3 cache that is several times larger than the one in Intel’s previous-generation CPU. The company says the processor provides 30% higher power efficiency and performance per thread than Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s comparable Epyc 9965.
The Xeon 6+ series is the first data center CPU series to use Intel’s latest Intel 18A process. One of the node’s main selling points is a technology called RibbonFET that enables engineers to closely align a processor’s design with workload requirements.
