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		higherpurpose on Sept 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel Xeon E5 v3: Up to 18 Haswell EP Cores Leading edge production process? 22nm is 2 years old and on its way out. 14nm is the leading edge right now from Intel. Also the rest of the industry is moving to 20nm this fall. In fact, Apple's new A8 is likely built on 20nm from both Samsung and TSMC.

rbanffy on Sept 9, 2014 [–]

Intel is traditionally conservative on their server chips. I am not surprised by the 22 nm process.

szatkus on Sept 9, 2014 | [–]

Because server parts requires high quality of process. 14nm isn't ready for this. They've just managed to produce small (around 80mm^2), lower-clocked Core M. Desktop parts are planned for next year.

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