Intel Sets Ice Lake Apart From AMD EPYC With AI, Systems Approach
The chipmaker launches its long-anticipated third-generation Xeon Scalable CPUs, which feature up to 40 cores and come with new acceleration capabilities for AI and cryptography as well as new security features. Intel says the new acceleration improvements make Ice Lake faster than AMD’s new third-generation EPYC chips across certain workloads for AI, cloud and high-performance computing. By Dylan Martin April 06, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT
Intel is fighting against the rise of AMD’s EPYC processors with a new line of Xeon Scalable processors featuring dedicated acceleration for AI and cryptography, but the semiconductor giant said the bigger advantage comes from its wider product portfolio and software investments.
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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
New 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors combined with Intel’s portfolio of Intel® Optane™ persistent memory and storage, Ethernet adapters, FPGAs and optimized software solutions deliver performance and workload optimizations across hybrid-cloud, high performance computing (HPC), networking and intelligent edge applications.
New 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors feature a flexible architecture with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) acceleration with Intel® DL Boost technology, plus advanced security capabilities to protect data and application code with Intel® Software Guard Extension (Intel® SGX) and Intel® Crypto Acceleration.