Intel announces next gen server SoC to keep ARM down (Plus Broadwell Xeons)

[ShintaiDK]

Avoton and Rangeley 22 nm server SoCs, the later one aimed at network devices, are multi core processors based on Silvermont Atom core, to be released by 4Q, likely around the same time as Xeon E5 v2. They either offer same performance as Centerton but in 2W power budget, or 5x that in the same 6W budget.
Denverton 14 nm Atom server SoC, to be launched in late 2014, just as Broadwell processor
For the first time, Broadwell SoC as well! So, single chip server solution will use high performance core too.

The implication? It may become nearly impossible for ARM, traditionally weak on compute per core performance, to catch up with Intel even in micro server space. Too bad it isn’t MIPS, with up to twice the power performance efficiency of ARM and much more fast compute oriented architecture.

Was ARM ever a competitor? Or just a mere accident in the segment :awe:

 

[Nothingness]

Was ARM ever a competitor? Or just a mere accident in the segment :awe:

No, but ARM will get serious about server soon [(c) Intel "next SoC will rule the smartphone market"].

 

[NTMBK]

Oh come on, it's a bit soon to start announcing a winner

It certainly looks promising. The server disaggregation looks like the most interesting part to me though.

 

[R0H1T]

Was ARM ever a competitor? Or just a mere accident in the segment :awe:

Oh really

Also what happened to folks who claimed that low power server/datacenter is just a niche market & Intel can afford ARM keeping that particular segment, seems like chipzilla is in a tizzy & sending out these "mayday" calls regularly nearly each passing day !

 

[Nothingness]

Oh I had missed that quote:

Too bad it isn’t MIPS, with up to twice the power performance efficiency of ARM and much more fast compute oriented architecture.

Where does that PoS comes from?

 

[NTMBK]

Oh I had missed that quote:

Where does that PoS comes from?

VR-zone.

 

[Nothingness]

VR-zone.

I should have guessed Thanks!

 

[Sweepr]

Damn, I'd love to try one of those 8-core <20W Atom C2xxx chips, but the biggest news here is Broadwell SoC. 14nm products on track for 2014 release.