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Supermicro will have more Skylake CPU server motherboard products out faster than competitors because its engineering smarts better equip it for Skylake fastening complexities. Skylake is Intel's sixth-generation Core processor, built on a 14nm process, and succeeds the Broadwell micro-architecture. Intel says it will be …

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  1. Paul

    Skylake was so last year, Kaby Lake is here!

    same socket though, so hopefully a firmware update will allow Kaby Lake CPUs to work.

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    1. Steve Todd
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      This is the Xeon version

      Server based Xeons are normally a generation behind the desktop CPUs, but have more cores, ECC memory support and everything enabled.

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  2. Alistair
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    intel: Borrowing PArisc concepts

    "larger LGA 3647 assembly, which has the CPU affixed to a heatsink, the CPU-heatsink unit plugged into the sockets using guide pins, and then fastened in place with screws"

    I seem to remember L series PArisc boxes....

    Anyhow -- sounds to me that these processors are going to change heat profiles in a big way...

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: intel: Borrowing PArisc concepts

      They ended up with most of the old PA-RISC engineers due to Itanium, so that's hardly surprising.

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    2. eldakka
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      Re: intel: Borrowing PArisc concepts

      SUN servers I played with in the 90's and early 00's were similar. CPUs were a module with a big heat sink attached. When purchased separately for upgrading existing servers, they came with a little plastic (disposable) torque wrench so you wouldn't over-tighten the screws (which could damage the board or module).

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Purley?

    Say no more squire, say no more!

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  4. Roj Blake Silver badge

    Glaring Error

    "Skylake is Intel's sixth-generation Core processor, built on a 14nm process, and succeeds the Broadwell micro-architecture. Intel says it will be branded as Xeon processor E3 v5 for single-socket server and workstation systems. The Skylake CPU will deliver performance and power-efficiency improvements over Broadwell micro-architecture."

    First of all, every server maker and their dog has been shipping Skylake E3 v5 servers for months (ie the Dell R230).

    Secondly, the E3 v5 isn't a Purley CPU. Purleys won't use the E3/E5/E7 distinction.

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