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Intel Xeon 6+ launches with 18A process, 288 cores

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Intel has launched its new Xeon 6+ 'Clearwater Forest' processors, marking the first deployment of its 18A manufacturing process in the data center. The flagship Xeon 6990E+ features up to 288 cores and boasts a 30% per-thread performance increase and improved power efficiency over AMD's Epyc 9965. This new processor line utilizes a disaggregated design with multiple chiplets built on various Intel process nodes, including 12A for the CPU chiplets, and integrates several hardware accelerators for tasks like data streaming and in-memory analytics. AI

IMPACT This processor's high core count and efficiency could accelerate AI and data center workloads.

RANK_REASON New product launch from a major manufacturer utilizing a new manufacturing process. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Intel Xeon 6+ launches with 18A process, 288 cores

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jake Roach ·

    Intel Xeon 6+ ‘Clearwater Forest’ puts 18A in the data center with up to 288 cores, 576 MB of L3 cache — new Xeon 6990E+ is 30% faster per thread than 192-core AMD Epyc 9965, says Intel

    Intel is putting its 18A node into the data center with new Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest CPUs, which pack up to 288 E-cores for dense compute.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Intel Xeon 6+ ‘Clearwater Forest’ puts 18A in the data center with up to 288 cores, 576 MB of L3 cache — new Xeon 6990E+ is 30% faster per thread than 192-core

    Intel Xeon 6+ ‘Clearwater Forest’ puts 18A in the data center with up to 288 cores, 576 MB of L3 cache — new Xeon 6990E+ is 30% faster per thread than 192-core AMD Epyc 9965, says Intel Intel is putting its 18A node into the data center with new Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest CPUs, wh…

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