With this generation of processors, Intel will offer its second generation of E-Core-based Xeons. It will succeed Sierra Forest, due to arrive later this year.
For this series, Intel will be offering massive CPUs featuring a large number of dies : up to 17 in all. Among these, we have 12 dedicated to the cores, which will be etched using the Intel 18A process (1.8 nm). In addition, there are three chips comprising the cache, voltage regulation circuits and internal network. In terms of engraving, we’ll be using Intel 3 (3 nm).
This describes the maximum configuration reached by these processors. The advantage of MCM is modularity and cost optimization. Indeed, if Intel wants to offer smaller CPUs, all it has to do is reduce the number of CPU dies.
