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Intel unveils a 256-core Diamond Rapids Xeon. What’s inside?

By BSR Admin / August 25, 2026 /

TL;DR Diamond Rapids tops out at 256 P-cores, double the 128 in today’s Xeon 6980P. Intel detailed it at Hot Chips on 24 August; it ships in the second half of 2027. Hyperthreading is gone, so 256 cores means 256 threads — the same count the 128-core 6980P already delivers. SMT returns in the next…

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Do AI Agents Really Need One CPU per GPU?

By BSR Admin / August 17, 2026 /

TL;DR Agents do need more CPU than chatbots did, but no published study shows the right number is one CPU per GPU. In real traffic, the CPU work of running code and searching databases took as long as the model itself in over a quarter of requests. The chips being sold for this are ordinary…

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Server CPU prices are still climbing in mid-2026, and more hikes are already signaled

By BSR Admin / June 12, 2026 /

For two years the data-center story was all about GPUs and the memory feeding them. CPUs were the boring line item: you bought one or two per node to babysit the accelerators and moved on. That assumption broke this spring. On Intel’s Q1 2026 earnings call, Intel’s CFO said the ratio of CPUs to GPUs…

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Why AI Is Causing a Global CPU Shortage — And What It Means for Your Business

By BSR Admin / May 4, 2026 /

If you’ve tried to buy a server CPU lately, you’ve probably noticed something alarming: prices are up, lead times are stretching into months, and the chips you need might simply be unavailable. This isn’t a supply chain hiccup or a temporary logistics snag. It’s the direct result of a seismic shift happening inside the world’s…

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