Intel has set a release date for its 4th generation Xeon Scalable server processors, better known by their codename Sapphire Rapids.The company will release chips based on the new Intel 7 manufacturing process technology, scheduled for January 10 next year.Image source: IntelIntel said it is ready to present solutions that \"meet the requirements for the product being released.\" This wording could mean that not all Sapphire Rapids processor models planned for release will be released at the same time.This will apply only to those models that have passed all necessary tests and are ready for mass production.Earlier it was reported that during the development of processors Sapphire Rapids since the announcement the company had to fix about 500 bugs, as well as release 12 different stepping chips - from A0 to E5.As it became known from a recent report of the analyst company TrenForce, the reason for the continued postponed release of Sapphire Rapids is a significant amount of manufacturing defects.In particular, Intel has faced with a low yield of good chips in the mass production chipsets MCC processors Sapphire Rapids.These chipsets are produced using the Intel 7 process technology.The number of quality chips is only 50-60% of the total production volume.In such circumstances, the transition to mass production of Sapphire Rapids seemed to the company economically impractical, so the manufacturer is trying to eliminate the problem. Source image: VideoCardzThe Intel Sapphire Rapids processors are designed for Eagle Stream platform, which is announced to support PCIe 5.0 interface and DDR5 RAM.The platform will also be used by 5th generation Xeon Scalable processors, code-named Emerald Rapids, which are also expected to launch next year.Sapphire Rapids processors will offer up to 56 processing cores on Golden Cove architecture.
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