Slight point of nuance: The Xeon Phi model mentioned in the article is not a coprocessor. The original Xeon Phi MIC coprocessors, which have been EoL since 2013

Slight point of nuance: The Xeon Phi model mentioned in the article is not a coprocessor. The original Xeon Phi MIC coprocessors, which have been EoL since 2013 or 2014 [0], were known as Knight's Corner or "KNC" for short. The Xeon Phi which was code named Knight's Landing ("KNL") did ship some coprocessor models, but these were not adopted widely compared to the models which function as primary processor for the compute node (in a LGA3647 socket). The KNL coprocessors have also been EoL'd, while the LGA3647 models have not [1]. So Intel started with this strategy, and then backed away from it after one-and-a-half generations. Now they are (possibly?) canceling the successor to even the socketed version [2] and spinning up a compute GPU division. Quite a winding road in such a short span of time. [0] https://ark.intel.com/products/codename/57721/Knights-Corner https://ark.intel.com/products/codename/57721/Knights-Corner [1] https://www.anandtech.com/show/11769/intel-discontinues-xeon-phi-7200-series-knights-landing-coprocessor-cards https://www.anandtech.com/show/11769/intel-discontinues-xeon... [2] https://www.top500.org/news/intel-dumps-knights-hill-future-of-xeon-phi-product-line-uncertain/ https://www.top500.org/news/intel-dumps-knights-hill-future-...