By: Wes Felter (wmf.delete@this.felter.org), April 6, 2021 3:10 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
me (me.delete@this.me.com) on April 6, 2021 3:03 pm wrote:
> >
> > I think, they and everyone else realize that Ice Lake Server is a stopgap before Sapphire
> > Rapids
>
> There are rumors that Sapphire Rapids is only going to be high end and that Ice Lake
> Server will remain as is or be refreshed to fill in the rest of the lineup.
That's pretty scary considering that Ice Lake is $8,000 MSRP for 40C. If Sapphire Rapids is above that it would be very expensive. But four large dies that can't be depopulated plus EMIBs will be pretty expensive to manufacture.
> >
> > I think, they and everyone else realize that Ice Lake Server is a stopgap before Sapphire
> > Rapids
>
> There are rumors that Sapphire Rapids is only going to be high end and that Ice Lake
> Server will remain as is or be refreshed to fill in the rest of the lineup.
That's pretty scary considering that Ice Lake is $8,000 MSRP for 40C. If Sapphire Rapids is above that it would be very expensive. But four large dies that can't be depopulated plus EMIBs will be pretty expensive to manufacture.
