Intel sapphire rapids

Intel will launch Sapphire Rapids-SP in 2021 and Granite Rapids-SP in 2022. The 10nm ++ based Sapphire Rapids is expected to make use of the updated core architecture of Willow Cove, which replaces Sunny Cove in 2020.

Intel will launch Sapphire Rapids-SP in 2021 and Granite Rapids-SP in 2022.

The Sapphire Rapids line will use the new 8-channel DDR5 memory and will support PCIe 5.0 on Intel's Eagle Stream platform. This will allow Intel to match or even exceed AMD's EPYC offerings if Milan ends up reusing DDR4 and PCIe 4 in the successor to EPYC Rome. We'll see.

Intel's Sapphire Rapids family will launch in the same year that Intel introduces its first 7n GPUs for data centers based on the 7nm process node. The first confirmed product to incorporate 7nm Xe GPUs for data centers will be the Aurora supercomputer.

The new GP-GPU based on the Xe architecture will be built using the Foveros 3D architecture .

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This will allow high-bandwidth memory to be stacked right on top of the GPU array, with a much smaller packet size than existing GPUs, but at the same time, denser than anything we've achieved up to now.

Later in 2022, Intel will launch Granite Rapids-SP which will expand further on Sapphire Rapids DNA and possibly make use of the 7nm process node. The process roadmap shows that Intel will have more than 7nm + ready for deployment in 2022 alongside its Golden Cove chip-core architecture.

It remains to be seen whether the company will increase the number of cores in the Rapid series of the Xeon families, but one thing that has been confirmed is that Intel is accelerating the pace of its Xeon lineup as competition with AMD increases. We will keep you informed.

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