News Intel preps Xeon R1S CPUs with 136 PCIe 5.0 lanes — Granite Rapids rumored with up to 80 cores for single-socket platform

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Intel's Xeon R1S CPU with 136 PCIe lanes could be a competitive choice for communications, edge, and high-performance storage platforms.

Intel preps Xeon R1S CPUs with 136 PCIe 5.0 lanes — Granite Rapids rumored with up to 80 cores for single-socket platform : Read more

 

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There is a catch, though: the CPU is designed for single-socket systems only.

This isn't too big a deal for the implementation as AMD can only get 128 lanes in 1S. It does certainly seem like a reaction to this very real benefit AMD has had for storage though.