Intel Eyes Real Time Analytics with New Xeon Processor E7 v3 CPU Line

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Will 18 cores suffice?

We've seen a lot of action in the micro server market as of late, but lest anyone forget, there's still a need for servers on the other end of the spectrum, ones that deal with machine learning, real-time data analytics, and other mission critical tasks suitable for scale-out data centers. It's that market Intel is targeting with its new Xeon E7 v3 product line consisting of a dozen different processors.
The Xeon E7 v3 product family consists of chips with up to 18 physical cores with Hyper Threading (for 36 threads), up 45MB of last level cache, and clockspeeds ranging from 1.9GHz to 3.4GHz. That represents a 20 percent increase in cores compared to the previous generation Xeon family, and combined with the other upgrades, results in up to 70 percent more decision support analytic sessions per hour, Intel claims.
Intel's newest Xeon processors are serious workhorses designed to compete with RISC alternatives. According to Intel, it's Xeon E7 v3 family delivers up to 10 times more performance per dollar while delivering up to an 85 percent lower total cost of ownership compared to RISC solutions, claims it makes based on reducing the cost of hardware costs and power and cooling.
Hardware partners have already pounced on the new chips, with 17 system manufacturers around the globe starting to announce platforms based on Intel's Xeon E7 v3 product family. The chips themselves range in cost from $1,224 to $7,175 in 1,000-tray quantities, meaning that retail costs will be a bit higher.
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