Big 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Refresh Brings Competition Anew

[Patrick Kennedy]

We dig into the 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Refresh parts with analysis, benchmarks, value comparisons and impact to show why this launch will move markets

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[Edu]

BTW, Ice Lake SP HCC and XCC parts will not be available in 2020. This is according to internal Lenovo leak: Google Translate

I suspect Intel will paper launch Ice Lake SP this year.

 

[Patrick]

@Edu still many quarters to go.

 

[Edu]

Yep.
One thing I don't understand is this refresh getting higher clocks because of a node improvement (I mean like 14nm+++), or is it just because they increased the TDP?

 

[Patrick]

A bit on higher TDP and clocks.

More of it is they just re-branded SKUs in their existing stack +/- 100MHz. These days, small changes like that can be absorbed in how the processor manages turbo.

 

[Edu]

It's crazy that they release these SKUs now and in a couple of months they are going to release Cooper lake (which is yet another refresh). The market will be awash with new SKUs which are barely distinguishable between each other

 

[BoredSysadmin]

@Edu - Intel is screaming out loud - We are competitive - here just look at this paper brochure.

 

[Patrick]

It's crazy that they release these SKUs now and in a couple of months they are going to release Cooper lake (which is yet another refresh). The market will be awash with new SKUs which are barely distinguishable between each other

Cooper will be different.