Cascade Lake Advanced Performance
Compared to current Intel Xeon Platinum processors
Up to 17x image inference per second
On the 6th, Intel unveiled two portfolios of its Intel Xeon processor family: Cascade Lake Advanced Performance (scheduled for release in the first half of 2019) and Intel Xeon E-2100 processors for entry-level servers.

The two newly announced product families are built upon two decades of Intel Xeon platform leadership, and customers can now choose solutions more flexibly according to their specific needs.

Lisa Spelman, Intel Vice President and General Manager of Intel Xeon Product and Data Center Marketing, stated, "Intel is focused on showcasing diverse workload-optimized solutions that best meet customers' system requirements," and added, "Adding Cascade Lake Advanced Performance CPUs and Xeon E-2100 processors to the Intel Xeon processor family once again demonstrates Intel's commitment to providing performance-optimized solutions to diverse customer groups."

Cascade Lake Advanced Performance is a new Intel Xeon Scalable processor product designed for demanding HPC, AI, and IaaS workloads. This processor includes a multi-chip package to deliver up to 48 cores per CPU and 12 DDR4 memory channels per socket.

Ahead of the Supercomputing 2018 conference, Intel shared the first detailed specifications of the processor to provide insights into Intel's expanded innovation within workload types.

On Linpack, up to 1.21x performance is expected compared to Intel Xeon Scalable 8180 processors, and up to 3.4x compared to AMD EPYC 7601. On Stream Triad, up to 1.83x performance is expected compared to Intel Scalable 8180 processors, and up to 1.3x compared to AMD EPYC 7601. For AI and deep learning, up to 17x image inference per second is expected compared to current Intel Xeon Platinum processors.

The Intel Xeon E-2100 processor targets small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and cloud service providers. This processor supports workloads suitable for entry-level servers and can be applied across all computing sectors requiring enhanced data protection for sensitive workload types.

Small businesses implementing servers based on Intel Xeon E-2100 processors can benefit from the processor's enhanced performance and data security. This enables enterprises to handle modern file sharing, storage and backup, virtualization, and employee productivity solutions.

Intel SGX in the Intel Xeon E-2100 processor family provides hardware-based security and management capabilities to enhance customer data and application security. These features are currently unique to the Intel Xeon E processor family. Additionally, when using enabled cloud applications, the new entry-level servers implementing Intel Xeon E-2100 processors provide an additional layer of hardware-enhanced security.