Intel E3950 availability

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graupe
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Intel E3950 availability

Post by graupe »

Hello,

I'm interested in ordering 3-4 Fitbit2 units, researched the Intel E3950 as that would be the processor best suited for our industrial setting.

The processor is not officially launched yet (I think the last official update was Q2 2018).
Is this version actually available? Which stepping will be shipped?

Thank you.

hwmartin
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Re: Intel E3950 availability

Post by hwmartin »

Intel Ark shows that the Atom x7-E3950 has been available since Q4 2016:
https://ark.intel.com/products/96488/In ... o-2_00-GHz

graupe
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Re: Intel E3950 availability

Post by graupe »

Q4 2016 was a projected launch date.

Status from the Intel page you quoted is still "Announced".
This is the same for all (for lack of better term) industrial E39xx processors btw.
The consumer processors have been launched.
https://ark.intel.com/products/codename ... pollo-Lake

tamir
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Re: Intel E3950 availability

Post by tamir »

The product is available with the requested CPU, please refer to link:

https://fit-iot.com/web/products/fitlet ... fications/

Thank you,
Tamir.
Application Support Engineer.

hwmartin
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Re: Intel E3950 availability

Post by hwmartin »

graupe wrote:Is this version actually available? Which stepping will be shipped?
My unit has the x7-E3950.

Here is the output of dmidecode for the Atom x7-E3950:

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Handle 0x0033, DMI type 4, 48 bytes
Processor Information
        Socket Designation: SOCKET 0
        Type: Central Processor
        Family: Atom
        Manufacturer: Intel
        ID: C9 06 05 00 FF FB EB BF
        Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 92, Stepping 9
        Flags:
                FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
                VME (Virtual mode extension)
                DE (Debugging extension)
                PSE (Page size extension)
                TSC (Time stamp counter)
                MSR (Model specific registers)
                PAE (Physical address extension)
                MCE (Machine check exception)
                CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
                APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
                SEP (Fast system call)
                MTRR (Memory type range registers)
                PGE (Page global enable)
                MCA (Machine check architecture)
                CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
                PAT (Page attribute table)
                PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
                CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
                DS (Debug store)
                ACPI (ACPI supported)
                MMX (MMX technology supported)
                FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
                SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
                SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
                SS (Self-snoop)
                HTT (Multi-threading)
                TM (Thermal monitor supported)
                PBE (Pending break enabled)
        Version: Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor E3950 @ 1.60GHz
        Voltage: 1.2 V
        External Clock: 100 MHz
        Max Speed: 2400 MHz
        Current Speed: 1600 MHz
        Status: Populated, Enabled
        Upgrade: Other
        L1 Cache Handle: 0x0031
        L2 Cache Handle: 0x0032
        L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
        Serial Number: Not Specified
        Asset Tag: Fill By OEM
        Part Number: Fill By OEM
        Core Count: 4
        Core Enabled: 4
        Thread Count: 4
        Characteristics:
                64-bit capable

tibere86
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Re: Intel E3950 availability

Post by tibere86 »

I just ordered a E3950 box I plan on setting up as a router for a client. I noticed the TDP is adjustable via the BIOS. What mW is recommended to maximize performance and not overwhelming the passive cooling? I think the default is 4500mW but the option allows you to go up to 25000mW.

hwmartin
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Re: Intel E3950 availability

Post by hwmartin »

tibere86 wrote:What mW is recommended to maximize performance and not overwhelming the passive cooling?
In my opinion (I do not speak for CompuLab) you shouldn't need to set any limit.

All modern Intel CPUs will thermal throttle if they become too hot, so there is no need to manually set the TDP limit in BIOS. If the CPU generates too much heat to be effectively cooled by the fitlet2 enclosure, it will reduce the frequency until a stable temperature is reached. This happens automatically.

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