Applied Micro’s new server SoC X-Gene 3 has 32 ARMv8-compatible CPU cores in a single socket to deliver performance competitive with mainstream high-end Xeon E5/ E7 processors in a similar TDP envelope. With eight DDR4 memory channels, X‑Gene 3 beats Xeon E5 in memory bandwidth, making it suited to hyperscale workloads, such as in-memory databases, …