Jun 30, 2021 10:30:00

Intel postpones production of Xeon CPU 'Sapphire Rapids' to the first quarter of 2022

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Michael Wyszomierski

Intel announced that it will start production in the first quarter of 2022 for the next-generation Xeon scalable processor 'Sapphire Rapids,' which it had planned to ship within 2021. We have announced that the production of this product will be postponed.

Intel Delays Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPU Production To Q1 2022
https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/intel-delays-sapphire-rapids-xeon-cpu-production-to-q1-2022

Sapphire Rapids is a new Xeon scalable processor that is being developed in the 10nm process. In the keynote speech of the International Supercomputing Conference 2021 starting June 24, Intel said that Sapphire Rapids supports DDR5 memory and wideband memory, PCI Express 5.0 support, interconnect standard Compute Express Link 1.1 support, Intel Advanced The situation just announced that it has support for Matrix Extension (AMX).

However, Lisa Spelman , general manager of development of the Xeon series, said on the official blog on June 29, 'Sapphire Rapids will start production in the first quarter of 2022 and will start mass production in the second quarter of 2022.' I revealed.

Updates on Intel's Next-Gen Data Center Platform, Sapphire Rapids
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/opinion/updates-next-gen-data-center-platform-sapphire-rapids.html

'The demand for Sapphire Rapids continues to grow as customers become aware of the benefits of this platform. Due to the wide range of enhancements to Sapphire Rapids, we have added additional validation time before the official release. We will streamline the implementation process for our customers and partners. Based on this, we plan to start production of Sapphire Rapids in the first quarter of 2022 and mass production in the second quarter of 2022. '

Intel is known to have frequently caused production delays during transitional periods such as the 10nm process and 7nm process, and it is believed that these delays have contributed to the breakthrough of rival AMD. AMD has increased its x86 CPU share in the server market to 8.9% in the first quarter of 2021, quadrupling its share of the world's TOP500 supercomputers in a year, and is increasing its presence in the server market There is a situation.