Intel launches data center chip "Sierra Forest" next year, greatly improving energy efficiency

CTOnews.com, August 29 (Xinhua) Intel said at the semiconductor technology conference Hot Chips 2023 held at Stanford University on Monday that it will launch a new data center chip "Sierra Forest" next year, which will perform 240% more computing per watt than the current data center chip. This is the first time the company has disclosed such data.

Touyuan Pexels data centers are the power source of the Internet and online services, which consume a lot of electricity, and technology companies are under pressure to maintain or reduce energy use, prompting chip companies to focus on how to improve the computing efficiency of each chip. Ampere Computing, a startup founded by former Intel executives, pioneered a chip that focuses on efficient cloud computing. Intel and rival AMD subsequently announced similar products, including AMD's products, which went on sale in June.

CTOnews.com notes that Intel has lost some of its share of the data center market to AMD and Ampere. The company said on Monday that its chip, called Sierra Forest, is on track and will be launched next year. For the first time, the company has divided its data center chips into two categories: "Granite Rapids" chips, which focus on performance but consume more power, and more energy-efficient "Sierra Forest" chips.

Ronak Singhal, a senior researcher at Intel, says the company's customers can integrate older software into a smaller number of computers in the data center.