Where are all the reviews of the Sapphire Rapids Xeon workstation chips?

[vic]

@twin_savage

I think Intel is referring to applications compiled with some of the new instructions sets like AMX or AVX512.
There are a couple of hardware accelerators probably being lumped into this too, DSA and QAT being the two important ones.
Someone on this forum mentioned that ZFS could take advantage of QAT and I still need to look into that because that is very interesting.

I was catching up on the new jargons. Found this slide:

Newly added DLB, DSA, IAA and AMX (not shown).

Existing applications require partial re-write to use the new accelerators. And a re-compile is needed to use the new AMX instruction set.

[vic]

Curious what AMD was comparing. So I did little digging.

EYPC 9754 is the much talked about “Bergamo” - 128 Zen4c cores. Bergamo is what AMD shrinks the same Zen4 architecture into smaller cores, doubling the number of cores from 8 to 16 on the similar sized CCD. It’s the higher density and more power efficient than “Genoa”.

I’m very puzzled by AMD comparing a 128 core SKU to a 60 core SKU (8490H). Perhaps that indicates the pricing of 9754 comparable to 8490H (?)

[twin_savage]

@vic

Perhaps that indicates the pricing of 9754 comparable to 8490H (?)

Dell is listing the AMD EPYC 9754 as a $16,992 upgrade over a AMD EPYC 9124 so that tracks.