Intel has been forced by AMD in the past two years, and the product lines have also been greatly accelerated. However, there have been too many toothpastes in the past few years. It is not realistic to suddenly change your face. Even the invincible desktop fever platform has been completely replaced by AMD. pressing. AMD ThreadRipper thread tearer has already achieved 32 core 64 threads, and it is expected to upgrade to 7nm new technology and Zen 2 new architecture next year, and the specifications and performance will definitely reach a new level.
Intel has released two generations of Core X series in succession, but at most it still only has 18 cores and 36 threads. The process is still 14nm+. In the case that the new process is delayed by 10nm and the new architecture is difficult to keep up in a short time, it is not easy to flip. .
According to the earlier roadmap, Intel will launch the next-generation fever platform "Cascade Lake-X" in the second quarter of 2019, from the upcoming new server platform Cascade Lake-SP, optimized to 14nm++, with a limit of 28 cores and 56 threads.
Bob Swan, Intel CFO and interim CEO, recently revealed that Cascade Lake will introduce hardware-level side channel vulnerability defenses, support for machine learning acceleration (DL Boost), up to 11 times better reasoning performance, and revolutionary new technology. RAM.
Intel Chief Engineering Officer Murthy Renduchintala said that Cascade Lake will continue to bring generation-by-generation CPU performance improvements.
For the desktop-class Cascade Lake-X, Intel has not disclosed any details, but from the case of Cascade Lake, there will be no surprises, or the evolution of the old technology-based architecture, machine learning acceleration, arrogant and persistent memory, etc. For ordinary users, it doesn't make any sense for the time being.
The most noteworthy thing is whether the core number will continue to increase. If it is still 18 core 36 threads, it is obviously not competitive enough, but even increasing to 28 core 56 threads is not enough.
Perhaps Intel will also adopt a Cascade Lake-AP approach on the desktop, directly packaged with two-chip glue? At least 48 core 96 threads can be done.
