Intel Announces 144 Core Xeon Processor
Networkworld, March 29th, 2023
Sierra Forest will be the first to use efficient cores for lower processing power.
Intel has announced a new processor with 144 cores designed for simple data-center tasks in a power-efficient manner.
Called Sierra Forest, the Xeon processor is part of the Intel E-Core (Efficiency Core) lineup that that forgoes advanced features such as AVX-512 that require more powerful cores. AVX-512 is Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512, 'a set of new instructions that can accelerate performance for workloads and usages such as scientific simulations, financial analytics, artificial intelligence (AI)/deep learning, 3D modeling and analysis, image and audio/video processing, cryptography and data compression,' according to Intel.