If that small 2-core part has ECC and if Intel is expressly talking about RDIMM support for the 16 core version, it's a pretty safe bet that ECC support is in there.
Yeah, I don't get the "workstation" mention either. However, if this is priced right, it would be a great base for a custom NAS; it ticks all the boxes for what I would want anyway.
The funny thing is I have already build several such systems that feature a "built in" secondary linux system for storage, routing and whatnot, this way the primary system is offloaded and isolated from internet. Browsing happens through vnc from a sandboxed browser on the linux board.
So i'll be looking closely at this for benchmarks. It has everything you need for a really nice NAS build. I have a Avoton 8 core supermicro board, and it makes a perfect FreeNAS / Server 2016 box, and it handles transcodes well until you start getting into high quality blu-ray rips.
Avoton single threaded performance is also really crappy on Server 2016, and even Freenas with a simple apache server has a slow response time. I can get about 3-4Gbps tops with my current build. I think single threaded performance is holding it back.
Even simple FreeNAS transparent ZFS compression slows it down.
However, will this be better than a really underclocked 8 core Zen? That's what i'm interested in. But it might be tough finding a Zen mobo with remote management and 10Gbit that fits in a mini-ITX chassis.
And there's also those Xeon chips purpose designed for this with 10Gbit integrated.
This has dual 10Gbit SPF, quickassist, 4 mini-sas. That makes it rather unique. Otherwise, I doubt the performance will be different than Avoton. It's still Atom core, so that's that.
The C3958 has Intel's QuickAssist, which probably makes up the difference in max clock (and more) in crypto tasks (e.g. SSL, etc). If using this CPU for NAS/Routing/Firewall, I bet QA (if supported) will end up being a more welcome advantage than the extra 100MHz clock speed… :)
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Ian Cutress - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
As given through Twitter, Supermicro also seems to be releasing a set of unannounced Denverton CPUs. https://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/ATO...ddriver - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
No mention of ECC?CajunArson - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
The C3338 which is the smaller version of the chip that's already on the market has official ECC support.https://ark.intel.com/products/97928/Intel-Atom-Pr...
If that small 2-core part has ECC and if Intel is expressly talking about RDIMM support for the 16 core version, it's a pretty safe bet that ECC support is in there.
bolkhov - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
Ian, Denverton is already "announced".See https://ark.intel.com/products/codename/63508/Denv...
ddriver - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
Workstation?Really?
I bet it will be a productivity beast with those 30 watts worth of CPU power...
kaidenshi - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
Yeah, I don't get the "workstation" mention either. However, if this is priced right, it would be a great base for a custom NAS; it ticks all the boxes for what I would want anyway.blahsaysblah - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
You put it inside your workstation to handle your storage array. ;)ddriver - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
The funny thing is I have already build several such systems that feature a "built in" secondary linux system for storage, routing and whatnot, this way the primary system is offloaded and isolated from internet. Browsing happens through vnc from a sandboxed browser on the linux board.Anonymous Blowhard - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
>16 SATA via SFF-8087>Dual 10GbE SFP+
>128GB of RDIMM
>32GB eMMC for OS load
So how much of my money do they have to shut up and take?
(Although I'd prefer that eMMC be on a removable board/SATADOM personally.)
Glock24 - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
"This C3958 is another unannounced processor from Intel."It was unannounced to take AMD off guard, it's Intel's Threadripper killer! Bwahahaha!
hechacker1 - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
So i'll be looking closely at this for benchmarks. It has everything you need for a really nice NAS build. I have a Avoton 8 core supermicro board, and it makes a perfect FreeNAS / Server 2016 box, and it handles transcodes well until you start getting into high quality blu-ray rips.Avoton single threaded performance is also really crappy on Server 2016, and even Freenas with a simple apache server has a slow response time. I can get about 3-4Gbps tops with my current build. I think single threaded performance is holding it back.
Even simple FreeNAS transparent ZFS compression slows it down.
However, will this be better than a really underclocked 8 core Zen? That's what i'm interested in. But it might be tough finding a Zen mobo with remote management and 10Gbit that fits in a mini-ITX chassis.
And there's also those Xeon chips purpose designed for this with 10Gbit integrated.
ddriver - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
A 65 watt ryzen pro solution with ecc, 10gibt lan and at least 12 channel controller would be great.andychow - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - link
This has dual 10Gbit SPF, quickassist, 4 mini-sas. That makes it rather unique. Otherwise, I doubt the performance will be different than Avoton. It's still Atom core, so that's that.bolkhov - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
As of now (16-Aug-2017 02:43 AM UTC) the C3958 *is* announced, along with a big "Denverton" family. Even more, all those SKUs are marked as "Launched".C3958: https://ark.intel.com/products/97927/Intel-Atom-Pr...
Denverton: https://ark.intel.com/products/codename/63508/Denv...
speculatrix - Thursday, August 17, 2017 - link
it's interesting that the C3958 is lower spec that the C3955, the latter has very slightly higher power consumption.levifig - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
The C3958 has Intel's QuickAssist, which probably makes up the difference in max clock (and more) in crypto tasks (e.g. SSL, etc). If using this CPU for NAS/Routing/Firewall, I bet QA (if supported) will end up being a more welcome advantage than the extra 100MHz clock speed… :)