Intel has unveiled its new-generation Xeon 6+ E energy-efficient core series, codenamed Clearwater Forest, with Intel 18A process, up to 288 cores, and 12-channel memory. It is expected to be officially released in the first half of the year. According to the original timetable,The new generation of P performance core Xeon, codenamed Diamond Rapids, will be launched in the second half of the year, but it has now been postponed to 2027, is expected to be called the Xeon 7 series.
It is worth mentioning that this series originally had two series of 8-channel and 16-channel memory, but the former has been cancelled, and only 16-channel will be provided, focusing on AI servers.
Previous reports said it would have up to 192 cores, but the latest estimate is 256.
In other aspects, it supports PCIe 6.0 channel, second-generation MRDIMM-12800 memory, APX instruction set, power consumption up to 500W, and the interface is changed to LGA9324, which is extremely huge.
In late 2027 or early 2028, a quarter or two after Diamond Rapids is released, it will also add a 512 core version!
The next-generation P performance core version of Xeon will be codenamed Coral Rapids for the first time.
In the early days, Coral Rapids only had an 8-channel version, and the biggest highlight was the return of SMT hyper-threading technology that had disappeared for many years, but I don’t know what the changes will be compared to the past.
It is initially expectedRelease mid-2028, that is, it will only be seen in two full years, but it may be earlier (not easy).
As for consumer-grade Core, God knows when it will support hyper-threading again, but if the P+E+LPE hybrid architecture can be optimized, hyper-threading will not actually mean much.
At least, the AVX-512 instruction set will not simply return, but will be upgraded and evolved into more advanced technologies, such as AVX10.
