Intel Xeon 4th generation processors take AI to the next level

The fourth generation of Intel Xeon scalable processor server and workstation products, with excellent performance, memory, I/O and resource manageability, can support workload integration and new AI instructions, to meet the edge side of deep learning training and reasoning needs.

Take performance, connectivity and AI acceleration to the next level with fourth-generation Intel ® Xeon ® scalable processors for the Internet of Things; High-speed performance with configurations of up to 52 kernels1; Benefit from new breakthroughs in memory and I/O capabilities such as PCIe 5.0, DDR5 memory and Compute Express Link (CXL) 1.1; Meet the demands of complex edge server workloads such as video analytics, medical imaging, and industrial machine vision with increased efficiency and long-term supply guarantees2 and high reliability/long service life SKU3 to help make the most of your technology investment.
Accelerate the design and deployment of AI projects faster with more efficient and optimized training and reasoning for advanced workloads with a new AI engine. Intel ® AMX supports INT8 and BF16 data types, enabling a wide range of hardware and software optimization solutions to provide fast and efficient AI and deep learning support for iot applications such as video analytics, industrial machine vision, and visual data edge servers.
Ddr5-powered multitasking and better data mobility
Dramatically increase memory capacity and speed with up to eight DDR5 channels, up to 16 DIMMs per channel, and support for 3rd generation Intel ® Opus ™ persistent memory. Powered by the 4th generation Intel ® Xeon ® scalable platform, 1DPC
Memory speeds of up to 4800 MT/s in (1 DIMM per channel) mode and 4,400 MT/s in 2DPC (2 DIMMs per channel) mode. The introduction of hardware-based Intel ® data flow accelerators improves data mobility between Compute, storage, and networking layers, while Compute Express Link (CXL) 1.1 with PCIe 5.0 support helps ensure consistent interconnection between cpus and accelerators processing the same data.
Powerful platform enhancement technologies help reduce attack surfaces and strengthen memory and firmware protection. The fourth generation Intel ® Xeon ® Scalable platform brings together key technologies that solution providers can use to protect their customers' IP and data from unauthorized access.
Intel ® Software Protection Extension (Intel ® SGX) protects data in transit by isolating workloads in memory enclaves, effectively defending against malware that gains privileged access.
Intel ® Full Memory Encryption (Intel ® TME) helps protect the entire system memory, including user credentials and encryption keys, to help defend against DIMM removal attacks.
Intel ® Platform Firmware Resilience (Intel ® PFR) monitors system bus traffic, verifies platform integrity, and restores damaged firmware.
Greater flexibility and manageability, and higher virtual machine density
Drive workload consolidation with more powerful and efficient tools. The fourth generation Intel ® Xeon ® scalable platform features features that simplify resource management in highly virtualized environments and enable the deployment of large numbers of virtual machines on consolidated servers.
• Intel ® Resource Provisioning Technology (Intel ® RDT) enhances shared resources
Visibility, such as final-level caching, helps reduce resource contention between applications and virtual machines.
• Intel ® Speed Select technology (Intel ® SST) enables multiple configurations per server to facilitate platform tuning and the ability to allocate CPU frequencies based on specific workloads to increase or decrease total TDP.
Intel ® Scalable I/O Virtualization (Intel ® Scalable IOV) enables scalable sharing of I/O devices across more virtual machines and containers.
80 PCIe 5.0 channels for connecting more devices
The fourth generation Intel ® Xeon ® Scalable platform is scalable to support more devices, expansion cards, and accelerators, enabling flexible, customized solutions. It supports PCIe 5.0 with excellent bandwidth performance to meet future I/O needs, specifically, up to 80 PCIe 5.0 channels on the CPU and up to three Intel ® Super Channel Interconnect (Intel ® UPI) 2.0 links with speeds up to 16 GT/s. In addition, the PCH has 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes, bringing the total number of PCIe lanes to 100.
Long-term supply guarantee, long service life SKU
Customers in a variety of industries, including healthcare, the public sector and manufacturing, rely on a steady supply of inventory, often requiring equipment to operate continuously for years. The fourth-generation Intel ® Xeon ® Scalable platform's iot SKUs provide long-term supply guarantees that help customers extend system life and ensure timely component replacement throughout the device lifecy2. In addition, certain SKUs are highly reliable and have a service life of up to 10 years, 3 while also having wide temperature support.
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• The fourth-generation Intel ® Xeon ® scalable platform is equipped with up to 60 cores per way, while the iot SKUs are equipped with up to 52 cores per way 1
• The number of routes is extensible, supporting single or dual platform 7
AI acceleration
Intel ® AMX supports BF16 and INT8 data types to accelerate a variety of deep learning inference and training workloads
• Optimized for industry-relevant frameworks and libraries
• Support for Intel ® distribution OpenVINO™ tool suite to accelerate AI inference workloads
Memory and I/O
Each CPU has up to eight DDR5 channels, each supporting up to 16 DIMMs, and speeds up to 4,800 MT/s in 1DPC mode and 4,400 MT/s in 2DPC mode
• The CPU has up to 80 PCIe 5.0 channels and three Intel ® UPI 2.0 links with speeds up to 16 GT/s
• CXL 1.1 supports consistent interconnection between cpus and accelerators or external devices
• Proven support for Intel ® Opus ™ Persistent Memory 300
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Virtualization technology and manageability
• Certain SKUs come with Intel ® SST, which provides increased control over CPU performance to help optimize total cost of ownership
• Intel ® RDT enables monitoring and control of shared resources
• Intel ® Scalable IOV efficiently allocates resources across virtual machines, containers, and functional units
• Support for shared virtual memory
Higher security
• Intel ® SGX generates trusted memory enclaves in your application
• Intel ® TME encrypts high security levels of data in memory with a small performance overhead
• Intel ® PFR guarantees firmware resilience and platform
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• Intel ® Volume Management Device 3.0 (Intel ® VMD 3.0) features robust hot-swappable capabilities and LED management for storage aggregation
• Intel ® Virtual RAID on Chip (Intel ® VROC)
software
• Cross-architecture support with Intel ® oneAPI tool suite
• Multiple operating systems: Windows Server 2022/2019 LTSC; Windows 10 (CSME or SPS FW); Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 LTS, 8.5 and later; SUSE Enterprise Linux SLE 15 SP3 and later; Ubuntu 21.10, 22.04 LTS and higher; Alibaba Cloud Linux; VMware ESXi
Deployment for full value
• Long-term supply guarantee 2, providing strong support for certified and longer life cycle products
• High reliability and long service life SKUs
• PCH has up to 20 PCIe 3.0 channels,
20 SATA 3 ports and 10 USB 3.1 Gen 1
(5 Gbps) port