Thursday, May 5th 2011
LGA2011 Sandy Bridge-EP Xeon Processor on Ebay
Intel may be a little over 6 months away from unveiling its new Sandy Bridge-EP platform, but it's understandable that the company is circulating engineering samples among closely tied industry partners. One such sample fell into the right (wrong, for Intel) hands, and is being pawned away on ebay for a handsome price. The current bid stands at US $1,359.99.
The chip itself is Q19D ES, an 8-core Sandy Bridge-EP in the LGA2011 package. The chip is said to have 8 cores, and 16 threads with HyperThreading enabled. It is being sold as Core i7, though some sources say the chip could be from Xeon E5-4600 or E5-2600 series (4600 is four-socket capable, 2600 is dual-socket capable). The chip is clocked at 1.60 GHz, and holds 20 MB shared cache according to the seller, though even the highest-end LGA2011 Core i7 is said to hold no more than 15 MB L3 (shared) cache. L3 is the only shared cache.
The chip is compatible with Patsburg C600 or Patsburg-HEDT X79, for enterprise and client platforms respectively, but with a scarcity of LGA2011 motherboard samples till Computex, only time will tell if this non-refundable chip being sold becomes someone's new supercool toy or epicfail paperweight. The item can be found here.
Sources:
VR-Zone, LegitReviews
The chip itself is Q19D ES, an 8-core Sandy Bridge-EP in the LGA2011 package. The chip is said to have 8 cores, and 16 threads with HyperThreading enabled. It is being sold as Core i7, though some sources say the chip could be from Xeon E5-4600 or E5-2600 series (4600 is four-socket capable, 2600 is dual-socket capable). The chip is clocked at 1.60 GHz, and holds 20 MB shared cache according to the seller, though even the highest-end LGA2011 Core i7 is said to hold no more than 15 MB L3 (shared) cache. L3 is the only shared cache.
33 Comments on LGA2011 Sandy Bridge-EP Xeon Processor on Ebay
Quite an interesting chip. It's weird to see that the socket is going to be rectangular rather than square.
I wonder how much it will be..
www.techpowerup.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2160596&postcount=3528
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I don't think that guy will make money, Intel will go after him.
Intel ES chips are declared as a sole property of Intel and are subject to recall and/or audit, and must ultimately be returned. Of course it's not allowed to sell these chips or show to unauthorized parties. *.* is covered by NDA + IPLA
It's probably a crappy early sample anyway:)
Intel i7 6 core★ES Q19J Sandy Bridge★2011★No 990x 2600k (Nr.220769867163)
cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220769867163
of 2012??
So does this mean that both 22NM Ivy Bridge based Xeons and 32NM Sandy Bridge based Xeons are being released at almost the same time??
nand 22nm on the other hand I guess they'll rock ;P
amd,glofo and ibm is doing pretty well with 22nm and beyond after what i hear.
amd's news I read recently, and diffrent sources from glofo ibm and amd is looking brightly at the future beyond 22nm.
Intel news is a while since I read about, so things might have changed.
Unless there has been newer updates to their release date? o.O
Edit!!
The following is an Intel roadmap which was recently leaked.
It looks like Ivy Bridge is to be released in 1H 2012. This would mean it could be up to a year away.
www.avadirect.com/product_details_parts.asp?PRID=20533
ivy bridge is a mainstream target, any xeons based on those will be the desktop swapout versions. Similar to the lga 775 based xeons were. So imo those aren't real xeons.