Intel Corp. does not have plans to introduce brand-new Xeon Phi coprocessor cards every year, like it does with its central processing units, but the company does intend to release new accelerators from time to time. In addition to already announced Xeon Phi 3100-series products due in the first half of the year, Intel will also unveil new 5100- and 7100-series coprocessors starting this May.
According to a leaked Intel roadmap, the world’s largest chipmaker intends to release Xeon Phi 5120D, 3120A, 3120P, 7120P and 7120X coprocessor products sometimes in May – July, 2013, which is in line with the plan to bring Xeon Phi 3100-series to the market in the first half of the year. Exact specifications of the co-processors are unknown, but all of them are based on Knights Corner chip. The Xeon Phi 3100-series was supposed to deliver over 1TFLOPS peak double precision performance, whereas Xeon Phi 5120D, 7120P and 7120X coprocessors are supposed to be faster. At present, Intel does not have exact shipment date for the new products, but expects them to become generally available from May 1, 2013 to July 31, 2013.
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