{"id":93999,"date":"2016-06-13T08:56:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T06:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=93999"},"modified":"2016-06-13T08:56:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T06:56:57","slug":"intel-announces-new-broadwell-ex-processors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/93999-intel-announces-new-broadwell-ex-processors","title":{"rendered":"Intel announces new Broadwell-EX processors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intel has\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/news\/intel-e7-v4-broadwell-ex-cpu,31993.html\" target=\"_blank\">announced <\/a><\/strong>its newest Broadwell-EX series of processors, the\u00a0Xeon E7-8800 and E7-880.<\/p>\n<p>The new chips feature an additional <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_QuickPath_Interconnect\" target=\"_blank\">QPI<\/a><\/strong> lane to increase scalability, an increase to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CPU_cache\" target=\"_blank\">LLC<\/a><\/strong> (Last Level Cache) to 60 MB and a core count 0f 24 physical cores (an improvement\u00a0over\u00a0the previous maximum of 18).<\/p>\n<p>These minor improvements are a result of Intel&#8217;s strategy of offering more and more features as yearly hardware gains <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moore's_law\" target=\"_blank\">begin <\/a><\/strong>to decrease.<\/p>\n<p>The chips are primarily aimed at compute-intensive workloads, such as real-time analytics, in-memory databases, and online transaction processing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The processors are currently available worldwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Intel-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94001\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Intel-01.jpg\" alt=\"Intel 01\" width=\"600\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a 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