Like clockwork, the major data center original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) announced a torrent of new server chassis built around Intel’s Ice Lake Xeon Scalable processors. The new processors, announced this morning, deliver a 20% uplift in instructions per clock over the previous generation, but for OEMs, Intel’s new third-gen Xeons deliver more than a performance boost.
In many ways, Ice Lake, which is Intel’s first generation of chips based on its 10-nanometer process node, represents the most compelling upgrade to Intel’s Xeon lineup since the launch of its Skylake-based 14-nanometer processors in 2015.
According to Vik Malyala, SVP at Supermicro, Intel’s Ice Lake refresh is compelling thanks to three core promises: higher performance per core, expanded memory bandwidth, and PCIe-Gen 4.0 connectivity.
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