David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com) on January 25, 2017 9:47 pm wrote:
> none (none.delete@this.none.com) on January 24, 2017 10:48 pm wrote:
> >
> > Isn't Intel now using different masks, interconnects and other elements (L2 caches and AVX-512
> > for instance) for their server chips? Does this mean reusing most of their core
> > from laptops up to servers doesn't help them anymore? So does this mean the old story
> > that Intel is so strong because their server chips are basically the same as their PC chip
> > is now obsolete?
>
> Intel already *has* a large server market to support development of very expensive server oriented
> CPUs but the core design and validation is still shared with their desktop processors which are
> themselves identical to their low end Xeon processors except for market segmentation.
>

Things used to be like that.
But, according to all reports, Skylake Xeons (not E3s) that are planned for release in Q2 or Q3 *do not* have the same core design as desktop processors. Not even the same instruction set.