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PowerEdge Servers and 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable

Processors: Naming Convention and Special Use Case Offerings

Tech Note by:

Kat Willis

Tad Walsh

SUMMARY

This brief tech note gives a high-

level overview of the 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable Processors that Dell

EMC will carry in PowerEdge

servers.

In addition to a broad range of

general-purpose processors,

Intel has also introduced

innovative offerings for special

use cases.

More detailed information is

available in a full-length white

paper linked in this tech note.

PowerEdge servers configured with Intel’s latest processor offerings, the 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable Processors, bring users many benefits. Key

among these benefits are performance gains throughout the processor stack,

not just at the high end, and security protection against side-banded

vulnerabilities, previously available through patches, is now embedded in the

CPU’s, thereby relieving the negative performance impact associated with

patches. As with any announcement of a new technology family, new naming

conventions and new processor offerings can lead to some confusion. This

brief tech note explains the nomenclature of the 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable Processors and describes the special use case processors. Deeper

information on this new 2

Generation processor family (including specs, intra-

family processor comparison, memory subsystem, DIMMS, drivers, etc.) is

available in a full-length white paper, Dell EMC PowerEdge 2

Generation

Intel

Xeon

Scalable Platform Offering.

The Intel

Processor naming convention

Processor numbers for the 2

Generation Intel

Xeon

Scalable processors

use an alphanumeric scheme based on performance, features, and processor

generation following the brand and its modifier. The first digit in the four-number

sequence indicated the performance and feature level, the second indicated the

processor generation, and the next two are SKU numbers. Where applicable,

either one or two alpha suffixes appear at the end of the processor name, which

indicate integrations and optimizations and memory capacity.

The tables on the next page identify the meaning of entries for SKU level,

Processor generation, Memory capacity and Integrations and optimizations.

Summary of content (4 pages)

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PowerEdge Product Group Direct from Development PowerEdge Servers and 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors: Naming Convention and Special Use Case Offerings Tech Note by: Kat Willis Tad Walsh SUMMARY This brief tech note gives a highlevel overview of the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors that Dell EMC will carry in PowerEdge servers. In addition to a broad range of general-purpose processors, Intel has also introduced innovative offerings for special use cases.
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SKU Level 8 6, 5 4 3 Processor Generation 2 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Memory Capacity No suffix 1 TB per Socket M 2 TB per Socket L 4.5 TB per Socket Integrations and Optimizations N NFV Optimized S Search Optimized T High Tcase/extended reliability U Single Socket V VM Density Optimized Y Intel® Speed Select Technology Table 1: Field identifiers for Intel® processor naming convention.
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Intel® Xeon® Bronze 3200 • 2 sockets • 2 UPI links @ 9.6GT/s • Up to 2.70 GHz (8 cores) • 6-ch DDR4 @ 2400 MT/s • 48 lanes PCIe Gen 3 • Intel® AVX-512 (1 FMA) • Intel® Turbo Boost & Hyperthreading • Standard RAS • Intel® DL Boost (VNNI) Entry performance. • Up to 6 cores • 2 sockets • 2 UPI links @ 9.6GT/s • Up to 1.
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Optimized for Search (-S) The -S suffix processors are a new offering that are optimized for consistent performance for search workloads. These processors have a higher base frequency than the comparable mainstream SKU (5220) and have been tuned specifically for search workloads. Single Socket (-U) The -U suffix processors are a new offering that support a single processor configuration. These “U” 1-socket offerings are optimized for a higher core count & frequency at a lower cost vs.