[Beowulf] Intel kills Knights Hill, Xeon Phi line "being revised"

[Gerald Henriksen]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:45:40 +1100, you wrote:

>Interesting times (via a colleague on the Australian HPC Slack).
>
>https://www.top500.org/news/intel-dumps-knights-hill-future-of-xeon-phi-product-line-uncertain/
>
>Looks like fallout from the delayed Aurora system.
>
>Rumours flying that the Xeon Phi family is in jeopardy, but the
>article has an addendum to say:
>
># [Update: Intel denies they are dropping the Xeon Phi line,
># saying only that it has "been revised based on recent
># customer and overall market needs."]

This should cause some confusion.

While Knights Hill was cancelled, Intel has quietly put information
about Knights Mill online as the next Phi product line:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12172/intel-lists-knights-mill-xeon-phi-on-ark-up-to-72-cores-at-320w-with-qfma-and-vnni