Information from the original source on the top end CPU is as follows:
- 4.31 billion transistors
- Will be in the Xeon E7 line-up, suited for 4P/8P systems (8 * 15 * 2 = 240 threads potential)
- 2.8 GHz Turbo Frequency (though the design will scale to 3.8 GHz)
- 150W TDP
- 40 PCIe lanes
Predictions have Ivytown to be announced next week, with these details being part of the ISSCC conference talks. In comparison to some of the other Xeon CPUs available, as well as the last generation:
Intel Xeon Comparison | |||||||||||
According to CPU-World,
there are 8 members of the Xeon E7-8xxx v2 range planned, from 6 to 15
cores and 105W to 155W, along with some E7-4xxx v2 also featuring 15
core models, with 2.8 GHz being the top 15-core model speed at 155W. All this is tentative until Intel makes a formal announcement, but there is clearly room at the high end. The tradeoff is always between core density and frequency, with the higher frequency models having lower core counts in order to offset power usage. If we get more information from ISSCC we will let you know. Original Source: PCWorld Update: Now I have time to study the document supplied by Intel for ISSCC, we can confirm the 15-core model with 37.5 MB L3 cache, using 22nm Hi-K metal-gate tri-gate 22nm CMOS with 9 metal layers. All the Ivytown processors will be harvested from a single die: | |||||||||||
Ivytown Die Shot
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Level shifters are placed between the voltage domains, and the design
uses lower-leakage transistors in non-timing-critical paths, acheving
63% use in the cors and 90% in non-core area. Overall, leakage is ~22%
of the total power. The CPUs are indeed LGA2011 (the shift from Westmere-EX, skipping over Sandy Bridge, should make it seem more plausible), and come in a 52.5x51.0mm package with four DDR3 channels. That would make the package 2677 mm2, similar to known Ivy Bridge-E Xeon CPUs. CPU-World's list of Xeon E7 v2 processors come from, inter alia, this non-Intel document, listing the 105W+ models. | |||||||||||
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