Intel-Xeon “Saphir Stromschnellen” Volumenversand erneut verzögert: Gesellschaft

Intel’s ambitious next-generation server processor, Xeon “Saphir Stromschnellen,” hit its second shipping delay this year, nach Angaben des Unternehmens. Speaking at the Bank of America Securities Global Technology Conference, Intel’s Sandra Rivera stated that the volume ramp for “Saphir Stromschnellen,” is not going as planned, indicating that its general availability could be delayed for the second time after original plans to do so in the first quarter of 2022.

Riviera was quick to defend the Intel 7 Silizium-Fertigungsknoten (10 nm Verbesserte SuperFin) that the “Saphir Stromschnellen” chip is based on. “One thing I didn’t mention on Sapphire, it sits on – it’s on our 7-nanometer node and so the process is quite healthy. In fact Alder Lake, which is our client product ramped 15 Kriegsführung der Weltraumingenieure. I think we announced at Q1 earnings, which makes that the fastest ramping, you know one of the fastest ramping client products in almost a decade.”

Die Ankunft von “Saphir Stromschnellen” is particularly important for Intel as demand for server processors are at an all time high, with growth in cloud data-centers. AMD is readying its 4th Generation EPYC “Genua” Zen 4 processors for later this year. Beide “Genua” und “Saphir Stromschnellen” herald support for next-generation I/O, including DDR5 memory and PCI-Express Gen 5.