Intel 與 Oracle 擴大長期伺服器 CPU 供應合作
Intel, Oracle Strengthen Alliance With Expanded Long-Term Server CPU Supply Partnership
Intel 計劃增加向 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure（OCI）供應現有一代 Xeon 伺服器 CPU，並供應代號為 Diamond Rapids 的下一代 Xeon 處理器。OCI 第 14 代伺服器平台 X14 將採用 Diamond Rapids，並配備 Intel AMX 和 APX，以支援 AI 推理及提升執行效率。
Intel and Oracle are strengthening their collaboration on server CPU supply. (Photo: Intel)
Intel said Oct. 27 local time at Oracle AI World that it plans to increase shipments of its current-generation Xeon server central processing units (CPUs) to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and supply its next-generation Xeon processors, codenamed Diamond Rapids.
OCI is Oracle's enterprise cloud computing platform, allowing users to rent high-performance servers operated by Oracle over the internet. Its current Xeon-based services combine Xeon processors, AI accelerators, memory and Oracle's Acceleron networking architecture.
OCI's 14th-generation server platform (X14) will feature Intel's Diamond Rapids processors to improve AI acceleration and general computing performance. OCI X14 will incorporate enhanced Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), which enable the simultaneous processing of large sets of numerical data. The technology supports reduced-precision floating-point formats, including FP8, FP16 and BF16, allowing AI inference applications to run more efficiently and at higher speeds.
The platform will also feature Intel Advanced Performance Extensions (APX), which improve execution speed by reducing instruction overhead. These technologies will enhance the efficiency of embedding generation, which converts text and other data into numerical representations for computation, reranking of search results, and small language model (SLM) inference workloads.
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