After many years, Intel removes the designations E5 and E7 from its Xeon server processors and tries to make the notation of performance and functionality more understandable. Now Xeon chips will be released under the names Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Abbreviated processors can be called Xeon-P, Xeon-G, Xeon-S and Xeon-B.

The more valuable metal, the higher the performance of the processor. Platinum are the fastest processors, analogues Xeon E7. Bronze is aimed at budget servers and is similar in performance to the E5.

The new name of the processors will be applied in the mid-year server chips on the updated architecture Skylake. Earlier this year, Intel released the budgetary Xeon E3 processors for servers and workstations on the Kaby Lake architecture, they retained old names.

In Xeon Platinum, developers will also offer hardware security enhancements. Additional security mechanisms will be added. These mechanisms can be in demand in financial institutions and retail, where a large amount of transactions are performed.

Processors Xeon Gold will get additional performance, fast memory, extended reliability.

As a result, they will become suitable for the areas of machine learning, image recognition and natural language processing. In addition to servers, such processors can be used in automotive systems.

Also, Intel introduces the OmniPath broadband connection, which was previously only available in Xeon Phi supercomputer processors. Now they will appear in Xeon Gold server processors. Processors Xeon Silver will offer effective performance at low power consumption, and Xeon Bronze are intended for entry-level servers.