An anonymous user from VideoCardz shared two PowerPoint slides from an Intel 'Saudi Conference' containing information on Intel's upcoming Cascade Lake server architecture. Cascade Lake will support processors with up to 28 cores, which seems pretty weak considering that AMD's second-generation EPYC processors are rumored to be packing 64 cores. However, AMD only offers dual socket support for EPYC processors which means that a system can house up to 128 physical cores at best. Intel, on the other hand, will not only be offering dual and quad, but also octa-socket support with Cascade Lake to bring the maximum physical core count to 224 for a single system. On another note, Cascade Lake will also support up to six channels of DDR4 memory and 48 PCIe lanes per processor.

22 Comments on Intel Prepares Cascade Lake Architecture to Rival AMD's EPYC Offering

#1 AlienIsGOD

Vanguard Beta Tester octa socket support :eek: Posted on May 7th 2018, 18:26 Reply

#2 Athlonite

At probably 4 times the price Posted on May 7th 2018, 18:34 Reply

#3 MDDB

Oh, "glueless 8S", that's funny! :) Posted on May 7th 2018, 18:45 Reply

#4 HammerOn1024

Good. So there might actually be competition in the x86 server space? I'll bring popcorn.



AMDs response will be to add more lanes to interconnect more CPUs. Posted on May 7th 2018, 19:03 Reply

#5 Tomgang

i think i can just keep it going with one 28 core cpu:peace: Posted on May 7th 2018, 19:28 Reply

#6 ghazi

Skylake-SP supports 8P... as does Broadwell-EX and every other high-end socketed server offering from Intel in recent memory... So far all of the features and specifications mentioned are identical to Skylake-SP. Posted on May 7th 2018, 19:41 Reply

#7 geon2k2

AMD leading the way and taking risks like a true Pioneer, while intel ... happy to follow .... Posted on May 7th 2018, 20:11 Reply

#8 Vayra86

Soon there's a new punchline for Intel



'MOAR SOCKETS' Posted on May 7th 2018, 20:15 Reply

#9 SetsunaFZero

Athlonite At probably 4 times the price Would be my guess too.

If it weren't for AMD, we wouldn't see this Server Architecture from Intel probably not in the next decade. Would be my guess too.If it weren't for AMD, we wouldn't see this Server Architecture from Intel probably not in the next decade. Posted on May 7th 2018, 20:27 Reply

#10 BiggieShady

MDDB Oh, "glueless 8S", that's funny! :) More like clueless ... they should have said "our-glue-is-better-than-amd-glue 8S" More like clueless ... they should have said "our-glue-is-better-than-amd-glue 8S" Posted on May 7th 2018, 20:40 Reply

#11 Ebo

But can you play minecraft on it ?. Posted on May 7th 2018, 20:58 Reply

#12 Patriot

Your Math is bad and you should feel bad. 64c/socket *2sockets *SMT =256T

That said it will probably be 48c/socket... for 192 threads per system.



Looks like you made the same mistake on Intel... logical cores means threads... Posted on May 7th 2018, 21:11 Reply

#13 efikkan

Cascade Lake-X/-SP is the expected refresh of Skylake-X/-SP. It's should feature DDR4-2933, and other minor stuff, but overall it's just a refresh of Skylake-X/-SP.



It will be the first Intel CPUs to feature the Spectre/Meltdown "hardware mitigations". Posted on May 7th 2018, 21:36 Reply

#14 mtcn77

Vayra86 Soon there's a new punchline for Intel



'MOAR SOCKETS' Oh, the culling! Entire swaths of rabid fanboys razed by the laser piercing fury of Intel the chaser. I would like to see them repeat the same old proverbs, again. Oh, the culling! Entire swaths of rabid fanboys razed by the laser piercing fury of Intel the chaser. I would like to see them repeat the same old proverbs, again. Posted on May 7th 2018, 22:53 Reply

#15 Fluffmeister

The advantange for Intel is their customers don't have to say "no seriously, I mean E P Y C" over the phone. Posted on May 8th 2018, 0:27 Reply

#16 Caring1

Does the purchase price include your own nuclear power station to power it? Posted on May 8th 2018, 0:31 Reply

#17 Chloe Price

Ebo But can you play minecraft on it ?. Nah, that's crappy game... but is it powerful enough for 10 cat videos on the same time? Nah, that's crappy game... but is it powerful enough for 10 cat videos on the same time? Posted on May 8th 2018, 1:05 Reply

#18 TheGuruStud

Caring1 Does the purchase price include your own nuclear power station to power it? It comes with a 250lb box of super capacitors and lithium batteries for when you run avx 512...and then still gets beaten by threadripper lol. It comes with a 250lb box of super capacitors and lithium batteries for when you run avx 512...and then still gets beaten by threadripper lol. Posted on May 8th 2018, 1:12 Reply

#19 eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman So who's rolling in the greenback to buy either an EPYC 2-8 Way or this? Posted on May 8th 2018, 5:28 Reply

#20 Unregistered

HammerOn1024 Good. So there might actually be competition in the x86 server space? I'll bring popcorn.



AMDs response will be to add more lanes to interconnect more CPUs. And 7nm could at least double core count without too much fuss I suppose. Infinity fabric-ed mobos anyone? And 7nm could at least double core count without too much fuss I suppose. Infinity fabric-ed mobos anyone? Posted on May 8th 2018, 8:16 Edit | Reply

#21 Imsochobo

Core counts are wrong, replace word core with thread.



And 8 socket = more memory but licenses are per cpu and not core usually.

95% of the market is in the 2p systems.



Until Intel does MCM it doesn't mean much. Posted on May 8th 2018, 16:01 Reply