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		Andys on Sept 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel Xeon E5 v3: Up to 18 Haswell EP Cores 22nm isn't their leading edge process any more, 14nm is. 22nm has been out for several years now. Intel can get good economies of scale by using their big 450mm wafers (other fabs use 300mm) The transistor count IS very high, but there are others in the server space (eg. latest Oracle Sparc) that are even higher.

reitzensteinm on Sept 9, 2014 [–]

Intel does not yet use 450mm wafers for any shipping products, that's quite a while away.

http://blog.timesunion.com/business/intel-says-450mm-will-de...

Andys on Sept 11, 2014 | [–]

Thanks! I completely missed that important fact :)

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