With the LGA4677 socket, the matching motherboards for the new Xeon processors will certainly come onto the market soon, whereby one can probably expect eight DIMM slots, which should be evenly distributed on both sides of the socket, as always. Whether you have to be content with a four-channel memory interface, or whether the maximum possible eight memory channels can also be utilized, will then have to be shown in the model presentations of the individual manufacturers. In any case, the new W790 is set as the chipset, even though I personally fear significant cutbacks so that the providers don’t miss the price point.
Let’s first look at Intel’s (slightly cleaned up) slides, which show the respective platforms very clearly, saving me another wall of text. In the PDF you can also find the block diagrams including the possible lanes and the offered connectivity.
Intel Xeon W-3400 and Xeon W-2400 Workstation_PressPre-Briefing_Rev1.0_POST EMBARGO-1
If you want to get there faster, you can also compare the two overviews of the smaller Xeon W-2400 and the more powerful Xeon W-3400 family, because you can also see very clearly the orientation of both series for the respective user target group, even if it is greatly simplified.
Summary and outlook
In the end, acceptance and market penetration will of course also be determined by price. However, while the prices for the new W-3400 family processors range from $5889 (56 cores) to $1189 (12 cores), the W-2400 family is priced much lower at $2189 (24 cores) to $359 (6 cores). Whereby “cheaper” is to be considered rather relative. The smaller Xeon W-2400 in particular is likely to have a rather hard time asserting itself against the current consumer platforms. But I already wrote something about this problem on the first page.
From my point of view, the Xeon W-3400 series is actually the interesting offer for all those for whom the price is not the top priority due to professional use. The offered features should definitely make it difficult for AMD’s outdated Threadripper platform and be able to reclaim shares. However, it remains to be seen how relevant this will be in the end and whether one will really make decent profits here. The entire industry is in a state of upheaval and the boundaries between the individual areas of application are becoming increasingly blurred. What is HEDT these days, where does the consumer range end and what is a server then?
The market will have to show, time anyway. Until then, it remains exciting and we are happy about every new product anyway. Maybe HEDT is not dead in the classical sense. If it did, it was at least a plausible attempt. Courage can certainly be rewarded.
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