14 DAY TRIAL // Last Sunday, an Intel PDF file leaked, one that revealed the company's entire roadmap. The file has since been removed, but it should still be available in Google cache. Thus, we can still find the information.
Part of it we've already covered. Not long ago, we wrote about the complete list of mobile Haswell CPUs and the Core i7-4850HQ and i7-4950HQ in particular.
Now, it is the embedded and server-centric collection of CPUs that we are examining.
First off, the PDF says that some new Xeon E3 chips will appear, called Xeon E3-1225 v3 and E3-1275 v3.
Core i7-4770S and i5-4570S desktop parts will arrive too, and they will be sold as embedded models as well.
Three exclusively embedded processors should come out too, between May 27 and June 7: Core i5-4570TE, Xeon E3-1268L v3, and i7-4700EQ.
The Q87 desktop, C226 server, and HM86 and QM87 mobile chipsets will pair with them.
Still, as interesting as all these chips are, the Xeon Phi coprocessor family has caught our eye faster. They are, after all, PCI Express cards instead of actual CPUs.
With up to 60 Pentium-based cores and a large cache memory, the Xeon Phi 3120A, 3120P, 5120D, 7120P, 7120X will make their entrance in May.
Some of them will be weaker than the 5100 series launched back in 2012, while the 7120P, 7120X ought to be better.
Once they finally come out, we will know if Intel has a shot on the supercomputing front. NVIDIA and AMD definitely have a reputation there, with their GPU Compute accelerators. Sadly, no specifications were disclosed, so we can't be sure of anything.
That said, the PDF file also mentioned the Xeon E5-2600 v2 (set for Q3), and Xeon E7 v2 series (in Q4). Other processors include E5-4600 v2 and E5-2400 v2 series (Q1 2014). The C222, C224 and C226 server chipsets will suit them and the Xeon E3-1200 v3 series.
That leaves the “Avoton” Atom system-on-chip devices (8-core, 22nm, second half of 2013 launch).