Efficiency cores are also coming to the Intel Xeon platform

Intel’s Sapphire Rapids processors, scalable up to 56 cores and offering a total cache of up to 100MB, will soon be on the market to beat AMD on the server side. Intel’s roadmap is pregnant with interesting changes.

Efficiency cores in Intel Xeon processors

This year Sapphire Rapids processors will be developed on the 10nm process, helping Intel to increase its market share. In 2023, Emerald Rapids processors will probably appear with a slightly more optimized production process without changing the architecture.

Intel’s multi-core in 2024 It will be the period in which it passes. Granite Rapids architecture will focus on performance cores, while Sierra Forest will focus on efficiency cores. Normally, Intel was expected to make the switch in 2023, but things did not go as expected. It is stated that Intel will use a more advanced process in the form of 7nm+.

Performance cores will focus on the most powerful operations on servers, while efficiency cores will focus on loads that don’t care much about latency. It is stated that the efficiency cores are designed upon the intense demand of customers. The E and P cores will be socket compatible, but thanks to different layers, they can be configured according to the demands of the customers.

However, Intel’s job is quite difficult because it is expected to switch to AMD’s multi-core structure in 2023. So a year ago. Performance and efficiency cores will be developed in the 5nm process.