Intel Product Portfolio for Moving, Storing and Processing Data

Intel Corp. unveiled a new portfolio of data-centric solutions consisting of 2nd-gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Intel Optane DC memory and storage solutions, and software and platform technologies optimized to help its customers extract more value from their data.

Latest data center solutions target a range of use cases within cloud computing, network infrastructure and intelligent edge applications, and support high-growth workloads, including AI and 5G.

Building on more than 20 years of data center platforms and customer collaboration, Intel’s data center solutions target server, network, storage, IoT applications and workstations. The portfolio of products advances Intel’s data-centric strategy to pursue a $300 billion data-driven market opportunity.

“Today’s announcements reflect Intel’s new data-centric strategy,” said Navin Shenoy, Intel executive vice president and general manager of the data center group. “The portfolio of products announced today underscores our unmatched ability to move, store, and process data across the most demanding workloads from the data center to the edge. Our 2nd-gen Xeon Scalable processor with built-in AI acceleration and support for the revolutionary Intel Optane DC persistent memory will unleash the next wave of growth for our customers.”

Today, it is estimated that only 2% of the world’s data has been analyzed, leaving an opportunity to propel business and fuel societal insights. Intel is focused on helping companies create business value from this untapped data through the delivery of an portfolio of data-centric solutions that is optimized to move data faster, efficiently store and access data, and process everything.

Process Everything
Intel’s investment in a broad processor portfolio that ranges from general-purpose compute to purpose-built processors enables itd architecture to power a,t array of high-growth workload targets. The data-centric processors released represent the most expansive portfolio of Intel Xeon processors in the company’s history with more than 50 workload-optimized processors, complemented by dozens of custom processors designed with engineering engagements with customers.

Available, Intel released 2nd-gen Xeon Scalable processors, which provide a powerful platform that delivers evolutionary enhancements in performance, AI inference, network functions, persistent memory bandwidth and security. They have been embraced by customers as the foundation of data center processing. The broad ecosystem support and rapid customer adoption is expected to make the 2nd-gen Xeon Scalable commany’s fastest Xeon processor ramp.

Features include:

Integration of Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost) technology optimized to accelerate AI inference workloads like image-recognition, object-detection and image- segmentation within data center, enterprise and intelligent-edge computing environments. The firm has worked with ecosystem partners to optimize frameworks (TensorFlow*, PyTorch*, Caffe*, MXNet* and Paddle Paddle*) and applications that take advantage of DL Boost technology. Customers can choose enhanced tools like OpenVINO to ease deployment.
Support for the Intel Optane DC persistent memory, which brings affordable capacity and persistence to company’s data centric compute portfolio. By moving more data into memory, this innovation allows users to unleash faster insights from their data and delivers up-to 36TB of system-level memory capacity when combined with traditional DRAM in an eight-socket system. This represents a 3X increase in system memory capacity compared to the previous generation Xeon Scalable processor.
The addition of several hardware-enhanced security features that help build a more trusted foundation for computing, including side channel protections built directly into hardware.

Along with the introduction of the 2nd-gen Xeon Scalable processors, Intel unveiled several processor families optimized to fuel the workloads that drive business operations.

Te company continues to deliver performance with the introduction of the 56-core, 12 memory channel Xeon Platinum 9200 processor. This processor is designed to deliver socket-level performance and fast DDR memory bandwidth in a variety of HPC workloads, AI applications and high-density infrastructure.
Targeting networking applications, Intel introduced new network-optimized Xeon Scalable processors built in collaboration with communications service providers to deliver more subscriber capacity and reduce bottlenecks in network function virtualized (NFV) infrastructure. Theys are enabling performance, efficient, scalable and agile 5G-ready networks.
Targeting computing at the edge, security and storage solutions, Intel unveiled the Xeon D-1600 processor, a highly-integrated SoC designed for dense environments where power and space are limited, but per-core performance is essential. The next-generation SoC helps advance customers down the path to 5G and extend firm’s solutions to the intelligent edge.
The company also introduced its next-gen of 10nm FPGAs, built to enable transformative applications in edge computing, networking (5G/NFV) and data centers. The Agilex FPGA family will offer customers application-specific optimization and customization to bring new levels of flexibility and agility to data-intensive infrastructure.

Store More
Intel is disrupting the memory and storage market with key technologies that bridge cost and performance gaps in the memory and storage hierarchy. Memory and storage are vital to the computing experience, and with the introduction of Optane DC persistent memory, combined with additions to the Optane SSD and Intel® QLC 3D NAND SSD families, the firm is enabling businesses to remove the bottlenecks that restrict the flow and readiness of data for processing

Latest memory and storage solutions available today from Intel include:

Optane DC persistent memory, which brings storage-class memory capacity to the Xeon Scalable platform.
Optane SSD DC D4800X (Dual Port) combines the performance of Optane DC SSDs with the data resilience required by mission-critical high-availability enterprise IT applications. Dual port capability adds redundancy to the data path to deliver continued data access in the event of failures or service operations and upgrades.
SSD D5-P4326 (QLC 3D NAND) is an addition to firm’s first-to-market PCIe QLC NAND SSDs for data center. Using 64-Layer QLC technology (4 bits/cell), the product family delivers large affordable capacities to read-intensive cloud workloads. Additional cost optimizations on the SSD D5-P4326 enable it to help accelerate HDD displacement in warm storage.

Move Faster
Intel meets the fast connectivity needs of its customers with a portfolio of server Ethernet products from 1GbE to 100GbE that are at the foundation of networks across the world, from large hyper-scale cloud providers to the largest Fortune 1000 enterprises. It has shipped over 1.3 billion Ethernet ports and is continuing its connectivity leadership with the introduction of the Intel Ethernet 800 Series adapter with Application Device Queues (ADQ) technology. The Ethernet 800 series adapter features up to 100Gbp/s port speeds and is aimed at moving massive amounts of data in cloud, communications, storage and enterprise market segments. ADQ increases application response time predictability while reducing application latency and improving throughput.

Availability
The 2nd-gen Xeon Scalable processors, the Xeon D-1600 processor, Optane DC persistent memory and SSD D5-P4326 are all in general availability. The Ethernet 800 Series adapter is sampling, with production scheduled for 3Q19. The new Agilex FPGA family of 10nm FPGAs will start sampling in 2H19. It i expected that systems with Xeon Platinum 9200 processors to start shipping in in 2H19 and ramping in 2H19. Availability of the Optane DC SSD D4800X will be disclosed at a later date.