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Intel Announces Xeon Scalable Processor Family (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: Intel unveiled information regarding a new Xeon processor family today, some of which will be based on the company's Skylake-SP architecture. Intel will have four levels of Xeon processors that scale with respect to feature support and core counts. Intel is calling it the Xeon Scalable Family with Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum processors. Today, Xeon model names follow a fairly easy-to-understand format. Take for example the Xeon E5-4640 v4. "E5" in this case means that it is in the middle of Intel's current stack in terms of features and capabilities, where the "4" signifies use in a 4-socket system. Finally, the "v4" represents the architecture. With this change, a model like the one above would become Intel Xeon Gold 4640, as an example. Regardless, the chips will include support for AVX-512 instructions, QuickAssist and Volume Management Device (VMD) technologies that will take advantage of NVMe solid-state drives. The platform will also support complementary processing engines and IO technologies like Intel FPGAs, Xeon Phi accelerators and Silicon Photonics connectivity. Intel notes the processors will be arriving to market this summer.
It depends on where you are. In my town, house numbers start in the single digits. This causes a problem if the street is extended in the wrong direction, as happens from time to time. In the town I grew up on, the streets are numbered as if they extended to the center of town, so houses between 1st and 2nd streets are in the 100s, but streets ten miles away have five-digit addresses (it's a large city). That works well, as you can often tell about where something is by the street number even if you've never heard of the street.