Intel Xeon D-1500 Series Discussion

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hjfr

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For now, the quad core version is also a 45w TDP part. There were only two launch SoCs but there are other variants coming in the next quarter or two.

Here is the Intel Xeon D-1520 page: ARK | Intel Xeon Processor D-1520 (6M Cache, 2.20 GHz)
Darn. I read the link from EffrafaxOfWug (here) which said 20W. Intel Ark is certainly more authoritative, so 45W it is. That's still quite good considering the dual 10GbE, etc. but not quite as impressive.
Normally, more CPU should coming this year:
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Brand name    Core count    Market    TDP    Launch
Xeon D     8 cores     Server     45W     Q2 2015 (limited networking features) (D-1540 ?)
Xeon D     8 cores     Server     45W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     8 cores     Embedded     35W and 45W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     6 cores     Server     45W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     6 cores     Embedded     35W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     4 cores     Server     45W     Q3 2015 (D-1520 ?)
Xeon D     4 cores     Embedded     25W and 35W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     2 cores     Embedded     25W     Q3 2015
Pentium     2 cores     Embedded     less than 20W     Q3 2015
 

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Normally, more CPU should coming this year:
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Brand name    Core count    Market    TDP    Launch
Xeon D     8 cores     Server     45W     Q2 2015 (limited networking features) (D-1540 ?)
Xeon D     8 cores     Server     45W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     8 cores     Embedded     35W and 45W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     6 cores     Server     45W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     6 cores     Embedded     35W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     4 cores     Server     45W     Q3 2015 (D-1520 ?)
Xeon D     4 cores     Embedded     25W and 35W     Q3 2015
Xeon D     2 cores     Embedded     25W     Q3 2015
Pentium     2 cores     Embedded     less than 20W     Q3 2015
That was also from last November, will be interesting to see how much of a timeline shift there is.

Also stumbled across the press release from ASRock on the D1540D4X (http://www.asrockrack.com/general/news.asp?id=59), looks to be shipping sometime next month.
 
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Biren78

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You could do this easily using a low power Haswell-EP UP. Sure this one's lower power but also lower features.
 

Entz

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Canada Eh?
It would be nice to see a comparison between the E5-2630Lv3 and a D-1540 . Both on the CPU side and power side. That would answer a lot of questions as to how worthwhile this is. Are we looking at a 45W 2630L v3 with built in 10GBe or something better (or worse)
 

Hank C

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It would be nice to see a comparison between the E5-2630Lv3 and a D-1540 . Both on the CPU side and power side. That would answer a lot of questions as to how worthwhile this is. Are we looking at a 45W 2630L v3 with built in 10GBe or something better (or worse)
well...Xeon D has newer process with 14nm which has lower TDP and higher clock overall. I would not be surprised to see that Xeon D with 8 cores is faster than single socket 2630L v3.
 

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It would be nice to see a comparison between the E5-2630Lv3 and a D-1540 . Both on the CPU side and power side. That would answer a lot of questions as to how worthwhile this is. Are we looking at a 45W 2630L v3 with built in 10GBe or something better (or worse)
That's probably the most comparable E5. Lets assume for a moment that the performance for D-1540 and E5-2630Lv3 is comparable (speeds are similar). Cost wise the D-1540 still probably wins. E5-2630Lv3 is about $600 on a good deal, $200-400 for a MB and then add the cost of 10Gbe.

Advantages for the E5 are quad-channel memory (though it will only support 1866 speeds) and 40 lanes of PCIe 3.0 for expansion.

Advantages for the D-1540 are cost, 10+ watt power savings (depending on MB) and size (mITX and/or uATX). D-1540 also runs 2166 memory speeds but only dual-channel.
 

Entz

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Yeah that is why I think it will make for an interesting comparison anyways. Say a $950 D-1540 vs $950 2630LV3 ( 600 + 250 + 100 connectx2-en).

ITX is a very interesting proposition though, as mentioned above 2 of these in a single 1U (without needing special sized boards) would be neat.
 

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Did this Monday seem to be way more boring for tech news than last Monday?
This. But I just want to buy these. STH should have it's own branded servers. I'd pay a $50 premium for them and to know there is a community with similar hardware.
 
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Hank C

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Birdy says they do (not they will - they do). And since their internal interconnect was already all prepped for 10Gbe they might just have something even more AWESOME than you were thinking about.
Yup....Definitely looking forward to that monster!
It would be such a monster rack for Citrix hosted shared desktop...