Xeon D
The Xeon D is a brand of x86 system on a chip designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the microserver market.[1] It was announced in 2014, with the first products released in 2015. Related to the Xeon brand of workstation and server processors are based on the same architecture as server-grade CPUs, with support for ECC memory, higher core counts, support for larger amounts of RAM, larger cache memory. Unique to the Xeon D line, emphasis was also made on low power consumption, and integrated hardware blocks such as a network interface controllers, a PCI express root complex, and USB and SATA controllers.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 2015 |
| Discontinued | present |
| Performance | |
| Max. CPU clock rate | 1.30 GHz to 2.70 GHz |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Min. feature size | 14 nm |
| Microarchitecture | Broadwell Skylake Cascade Lake |
| Instruction set | IA-32, x86-64 |
Design Goals
The Xeon D was designed to offer better performance per watt compared to the Xeon E3 and better absolute performance compared to the Atom processors, while operating at lower power and higher densities than Xeon E5 processors.[2] Particularly, the Xeon D was designed to compete with emerging ARM microarchitecture based server solutions,[3] by offering superior single core performance.[4]
Generations
Broadwell Based
| Target segment |
Cores (threads) |
Processor branding and model |
Base frequency |
Turbo frequency |
TDP | Socket | Memory | L3 cache |
Release date | Price (USD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single core | All cores | Type | Channel | ||||||||||
| SoC server | 16 (32) | Xeon D | D-1587 | 1.7 GHz | N/A | 2.3 GHz | 65 W | FCBGA 1667 | DDR4 up to 128 GB w/ ECC support |
Dual | 24 MB | Q1 2016 | $1754 |
| D-1581 | 1.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz | Q1 2016 | ||||||||||
| D-1577 | 1.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz | 45 W | Q1 2016 | $1477 | ||||||||
| D-1571 | 1.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz | Q1 2016 | $1222 | |||||||||
| 12 (24) | D-1567 | 2.1 GHz | 2.7 GHz | 65 W | 18 MB | Q1 2016 | $1299 | ||||||
| D-1559 | 1.5 GHz | 2.1 GHz | 45 W | Q2 2016 | $883 | ||||||||
| D-1557 | 1.5 GHz | 2.1 GHz | Q1 2016 | $844 | |||||||||
| 8 (16) | D-1553N | 2.3 GHz | 2.7 GHz | 65 W | 12 MB | Q3 2017 | $855 | ||||||
| D-1548 | 2.0 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 45 W | Q4 2015 | $675 | ||||||||
| D-1543N | 1.9 GHz | 2.4 GHz | Q3 2017 | $652 | |||||||||
| D-1541 | 2.1 GHz | 2.7 GHz | Q4 2015 | $581 | |||||||||
| D-1540 | 2.0 GHz | 2.6 GHz | Q1 2015 | $581 | |||||||||
| D-1539 | 1.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 35 W | Q2 2016 | $590 | ||||||||
| D-1537 | 1.7 GHz | 2.3 GHz | Q4 2015 | $571 | |||||||||
| 6 (12) | D-1533N | 2.1 GHz | 2.7 GHz | 45 W | 9 MB | Q3 2017 | $470 | ||||||
| D-1531 | 2.2 GHz | 2.7 GHz | Q4 2015 | $348 | |||||||||
| 4 (8) | D-1529 | 1.3 GHz | 1.3 GHz | 20 W | 6 MB | Q2 2016 | $324 | ||||||
| 6 (12) | D-1528 | 1.9 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 35 W | 9 MB | Q4 2015 | $389 | ||||||
| 4 (8) | D-1527 | 2.2 GHz | 2.7 GHz | 6 MB | Q4 2015 | $259 | |||||||
| D-1523N | 2.0 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 45 W | Q3 2017 | $256 | ||||||||
| D-1521 | 2.4 GHz | 2.7 GHz | Q4 2015 | $199 | |||||||||
| D-1520 | 2.2 GHz | 2.6 GHz | Q1 2015 | $199 | |||||||||
| D-1518 | 2.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 35 W | Q4 2015 | $234 | ||||||||
| D-1513N | 1.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz | Q3 2017 | $192 | |||||||||
Skylake Based
A second generation of Xeon D products were released in February 2018. Updates included an increased maximum number of cores, the Skylake microarchitecture, AVX-512 acceleration, and cryptographic acceleration.[5] The second generation also offered increased clock speeds, resulting in greater performance, though the maximum thermal design power also increased.[6] However, the level of AVX-512 support is unclear by product, with higher end products having greater performance than the listed specifications.[7]
| Target segment |
Cores (threads) |
Processor branding and model |
Base frequency |
Turbo frequency |
TDP | Socket | Memory | L3 cache |
Release date | Price (USD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Frequency | Channel | |||||||||||
| SoC server | 16 (32) | Xeon D | D-2187NT | 2.0 GHz | 3.0 GHz | 110 W | FCBGA 2518 | DDR4 up to 512 GB w/ ECC support |
2667 MHz | Quad | 22 MB | Q1 2018 | $1989 |
| D-2183IT | 2.2 GHz | 100 W | 2400 MHz | $1764 | |||||||||
| 14 (28) | D-2177NT | 1.9 GHz | 105 W | 2667 MHz | 19 MB | $1443 | |||||||
| D-2173IT | 1.7 GHz | 70 W | 2133 MHz | $1229 | |||||||||
| 12 (24) | D-2166NT | 2.0 GHz | 85 W | 17 MB | $1005 | ||||||||
| D-2163IT | 2.1 GHz | 75 W | $930 | ||||||||||
| D-2161I | 2.2 GHz | 90 W | 16.5 MB | $962 | |||||||||
| 8 (16) | D-2146NT | 2.3 GHz | 80 W | 11 MB | $641 | ||||||||
| D-2145NT | 1.9 GHz | 65 W | $502 | ||||||||||
| D-2143IT | 2.2 GHz | $566 | |||||||||||
| D-2142IT | 1.9 GHz | $438 | |||||||||||
| D-2141IT | 2.2 GHz | $555 | |||||||||||
| 4 (8) | D-2123IT | 2.2 GHz | 60 W | 2400 MHz | 8 MB | $213 | |||||||
Hewitt Lake Based
Intel announced the next generation of Xeon D products, codenamed Hewitt Lake in February 2019.[8]
| Target segment |
Cores (threads) |
Processor branding and model |
Base frequency |
Turbo frequency |
TDP | Socket | Memory | L3 cache |
Release date | Price (USD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Frequency | Channel | |||||||||||
| SoC server | 8 (16) | Xeon D | D-1653N | 2.8 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 65 W | FCBGA 1667 | DDR3/DDR4 up to 128 GB w/ ECC support |
2400 MHz | Dual | 12 MB | Q2 2019 | |
| D-1649N | 2.3 GHz | 3.0 GHz | 45 W | 2133 MHz | |||||||||
| 6 (12) | D-1637 | 2.9 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 55 W | 2400 MHz | 9 MB | |||||||
| D-1633N | 2.5 GHz | 45 W | 2133 MHz | ||||||||||
| 8 (16) | D-1632 | 1.5 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 30 W | 12 MB | $401 | |||||||
| 4 (8) | D-1627 | 2.9 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 45 W | 6 MB | ||||||||
| D-1623N | 2.4 GHz | 35 W | 1866 MHz | ||||||||||
| D-1622 | 2.6 GHz | 40 W | 2133 MHz | ||||||||||
| D-1612 | 1.5 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 22 W | $138 | |||||||||
| 2 (4) | D-1602 | 2.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 27 W | 3 MB | ||||||||
References
- Bright, Peter (9 March 2015). "Intel's Xeon brand makes its first foray into SoC space with Xeon D". Ars Technica. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- De Gela, Johan (23 June 2015). "The Intel Xeon D Review". Anandtech. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- Prickett Morgan, Timothy (9 March 2015). "ntel Crafts Broadwell Xeon D For Hyperscale". Next Platform. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- De Gelas, Johan (16 December 2014). "ARM Challenging Intel in the Server Market". Anandtech. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- Cutress, Ian (7 February 2018). "Living on the Edge: Intel Launches Xeon D-2100 Series SoCs". Anandtech. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- Kennedy, Patrick (13 February 2018). "Exploring Intel Xeon D Evolution from Xeon D-1500 to Xeon D-2100". Serve the Home. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- Kennedy, Patrick (15 May 2018). "Intel Xeon D-2183IT Benchmarks and Review 16C SoC an AVX-512 Monster". Serve the Home. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- https://www.anandtech.com/show/14003/intel-reveals-name-of-next-generation-xeon-d-hewitt-lake