Overview
The 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors are optimized for
cloud, enterprise, HPC, network, security, and IoT workloads with 8 to 40
powerful cores plus a wide range of features, frequency, and power levels. It
is fast becoming the foundation for secure, agile, hybrid-cloud data centers.
With superior hardware-based security and incomparable multi-socket processing
performance, these processors are built for mission-critical, real-time
analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, high-performance
computing (HPC), and multi-cloud workloads.
The Portfolio
The recent launch of the 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable
processors exemplifies a balanced architecture with built-in acceleration and
advanced security capabilities. The processor features a clear generational
boost with 46% of increased performance. In addition, it provides solutions to
several key challenges impacting many organizations today. Designed through
decades of innovation for the most in-demand workload requirements, the 3rd Gen
Intel® Xeon can store more, move faster, and process the most demanding
workloads.
With the innovations in multi-cloud computing, the
prevalence in IoT adoption, the IT/OT integration, and the increasing usage of
5G, data is progressively spawned everywhere, and by everything. This is how
the explosion of data can lead to rapid innovation. Collecting, analyzing, and
sharing this data securely and intelligently by enterprising businesses are
primed to outperform competitors.
Security & Reliability
A range of alternatives and security protection mechanisms
are ably provided to protect data and application code, in particular Intel®
Software Guard Extension (Intel® SGX). Intel® SGX provides developers a
hardware-based to partition their code and data into CPU hardened trusted
execution environments Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). Added to it is the
Intel® AES-NI, which is a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data
encryption and decryption. AES-NI is valuable for a wide range of cryptographic
applications, for example, the applications performing bulk
encryption/decryption, authentication, random number generation, and
authenticated encryption. Moreover, Intel® Trusted Execution Technology which
affords safer computing is a versatile set of hardware extensions to Intel®
processors and chipsets. This enhances the digital office platform with safety competencies
such as calculated launch and protected execution. It enables an environment
where applications can run within their own space, protected from all other
software on the system.
This is exceptionally important to empower classified
computing and privacy-preserving techniques so that organizations can benefit
from data sharing without the data ever leaving their secure home, particularly
critical in sectors such as healthcare. Data and analytics leaders who share data externally generate 3xmore measurable economic benefits than those who do not, Gartner's
research recently found. Expediting collaboration with privacy-preserved
computation such as Intel SGX directly supports this opportunity. Additionally,
Intel® Crypto Acceleration reduces the performance impact of ubiquitous data
encryption and increases the performance of encryption-intensive workloads,
including SSL web serving, 5G infrastructure, and VPN/firewalls. What is
especially appreciative is not only about the security advances but rather also
the enablement of developers, reducing restrictions and supporting time to
production and creativity.
Built-In Workload and Service Acceleration
Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost) acceleration
is built-in specifically for the flexibility to run complex AI workloads on the
same hardware as your existing workloads.
- With
int8 – available on all 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors,
Vector Neural Network Instructions (VNNI) enhance inference workloads by
maximizing the use of computing resources, improving cache utilization, and
reducing potential bandwidth bottlenecks.
- With
bfloat16 – available on select 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable
processors, the industry’s first x86 support of Brain Floating Point
16-bit (blfoat16)5 brings enhanced artificial intelligence inference and
training performance with Intel Deep Learning Boost.
Product Information
CPU Specifications
Number of Cores 40
Number of Threads 80
Processor Base Frequency 2.30 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency 3.40 GHz
Cache 60 MB
Number of Intel® Ultra Path
Interconnect (UPI) links 3
Thermal Design Power 270 W
Intel® UPI Speed 11.2
GT/s
Embedded Options Available No
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Memory Specifications
Max Memory Size (dependent
on memory type) 6 TB
Memory Types DDR4-3200
Maximum Memory Speed 3200
MHz
Max Number of Memory
Channels 8
ECC Memory Supported Yes
Intel® Optane™ Persistent
Memory Supported Yes
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Expansion Options
Scalability 2S
PCI Express Revision 4.0
Max Number of PCI Express
Lanes 64
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Package Specifications
Sockets Supported FCLGA4189
TCASE (Case
Temperature) 83°C
Package Size 77.5mm
x 56.5mm
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