LGA 7529

LGA 7529
TypeLGA-ZIF
Chip form factorsFlip-chip
Contacts7529
Processors
PredecessorLGA 4677
Memory supportDDR5
This article is part of the CPU socket series

LGA 7529 is a zero insertion force flip-chip land grid array (LGA) socket designed by Intel which supports the Sierra Forest line of E-core only Xeon processors, designed for heavily multithreaded cloud workloads, as well as the Granite Rapids line of P-core only Xeon microprocessors, designed for mainstream usage. The socket is also expected to support the mainstream successor to Granite Rapids, Diamond Rapids.[1] The first pictures of the Intel Birch Stream platform were posted on January 31, 2023, by Yuuki_Ans. They showcased a dual LGA 7529 socket engineering sample motherboard. [2]

The Birch Stream platform is expected to support 12 channels of DDR5 memory per socket, for a total of 24 channels of DDR5 memory on a dual socket system.[3][4]

At OCP Summit 2023, Intel announced that Sierra Forest would be targeting a 1H 2024 launch.[4] The first line of Sierra Forest SKUs launched was the 6700E series, which uses the LGA 4710 socket, rather than the LGA 7529 socket.[5][6]

Intel launched the first processors to use the LGA 7529 socket on September 24, 2024, with their launch of their Granite Rapids line of CPUs.[7] This product line has two classes of CPUs: one using the twelve-channel LGA 7529 socket, referred to as the Xeon 6900P series, and the other using the smaller eight-channel LGA 4710 socket, referred to as the Xeon 6700P series.[8]

References

  1. ^ Mujtaba, Hassan (January 31, 2023). "Intel's Massive LGA 7529 Socket For Sierra Forest "Birch Stream" CPUs Pictured". Wccftech. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Massive LGA-7529 socket for future Intel Xeon "Sierra Forest" CPUs teased". VideoCardz. January 31, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Kostovic, Aleksandar (July 9, 2021). "Intel Birch Stream-AP Platform for Sierra Forest CPUs Listed With LGA 7529 Socket". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Eric (October 27, 2023). "Massive Intel LGA7529 Socket for Sierra Forest at OCP Summit 2023". ServeTheHome. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  5. ^ "Intel® Xeon® 6780E Processor (108M Cache, 2.20 GHz) - Product Specifications". Intel. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  6. ^ Paul Alcorn (June 4, 2024). "Intel Launches 144-core 'Sierra Forrest' Xeon 6 CPUs, Granite Rapids Follows in Q3". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  7. ^ Kennedy, Patrick (September 24, 2024). "Welcome Back Intel Xeon 6900P Reasserts Intel Server Leadership". ServeTheHome. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  8. ^ Paul Alcorn (September 24, 2024). "Intel Launches Granite Rapids Xeon 6900P series with 128 cores — matches AMD EPYC's core counts for the first time since 2017". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved September 24, 2024.