ASRock Rack has unveiled the industry’s first motherboard for Intel’s latest Xeon W-2400 and W-3400 processors with up to 56 cores in a deep MicroATX form factor.Platform — Discovered by @momomo_us — Can be used to build extremely powerful compact workstations and servers with up to 56 high-performance cores and a powerful 8-channel memory subsystem.
ASRock Rack W790D8UD-1L1N2T/BCM is fully compatible with Intel Xeon W-2400 and W-3400 series CPUs with core count from 6 up to 56. This platform supports DDR5-4800 modules up to 2 TB. With eight slots, it can take advantage of Intel’s Sapphire Rapids-WS memory subsystem with a peak bandwidth of 307.2 GB/s. This motherboard leverages comprehensive I/O capabilities provided by Intel’s latest Xeon W CPUs, including 112 PCIe Gen5 lanes on W-3400 and 64 PCIe Gen5 lanes on W-2400. increase.
In terms of physical connections, the motherboard is equipped with four PCIe x16 slots, one M.2-2280 slot with PCIe 4.0 x4 interface connected to the W790 PCH, and two OCuLink connectors for SSDs. increase. Network connectivity includes two 10GbE ports controlled by Broadcom BCM57416, GbE connectors managed by Intel I226, and another GbE handled by Intel I210. In addition, it has a dedicated GbE port for remote management that supports Aspeed AST2600 BMC handled by Realtek RTL8211F. The board also has an SPI connector for a TPM module, a USB 3.2 Gen1 port, a COM port, and a D-Sub VGA display connector.
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One of the unique things about the ASRock W790D8UD-1L1N2T/BCM platform is that it adheres to the company’s own deep microATX form factor. This means that it may not fit in a standard microATX chassis and it is still unclear if the standard he can fit in an ATX tower or a full ATX tower. However, since we’re dealing with his ASRock rack products, the company could offer cases to house these motherboards in rack and desktop builds.
Building compact workstations based on Intel Xeon W-2400/W-3400 processors with up to 56 cores sounds very attractive, but the deep MicroATX form factor leaves a lot of uncertainty. I’m here. Another aspect, of course, is cooling. Intel’s Xeon W-3400 CPUs are rated up to 350W TDP and require very high performance air coolers (larger) or all-in-one liquid cooling systems. Both can be difficult to fit in a compact case.
ASRock Rack doesn’t disclose the price of W790D8UD-1L1N2T/BCM as they rarely sell motherboards at retail. Still, it’s reasonable to expect value-added resellers and other usual suspects in the channel to offer this platform in the coming weeks or months.
