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Intel is reversing course and bringing hyper-threading back to its server chips (techspot.com)

2026-07-26 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: intel, hyper-threading, xeon coral rapids

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AMD’s 256-core Epyc 9996 ‘Venice’ claims up to a 3.4x jump over Intel Xeon competition, 20% over Nvidia Vera – Zen 6 comes with up to 1024MB of L3, 16-channel memory, and 5GHz+ clock speeds (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, epyc 9996, zen 6

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Intel and AMD sign long-term server CPU deals with Chinese customers as prices jump over 40%, report claims — agreements purportedly guarantee purchase volumes for about a year without fixing prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Luke James | tags: intel, amd, xeon

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Intel invests $5.7 billion in Ireland fab — aims to boost output of Xeon 6, next-gen Xeon products built on Intel 3 process (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-14 | by Anton Shilov | tags: billion, intel, production

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Intel’s performance-enhanced 18A-P process enters risk production — drop-in 18A upgrade promises 9% performance improvement at iso-power, cuts thermal resistance by 40% (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-16 | by Jake Roach | get Intel 18A Processors → | tags: intel, 18a-p, vlsi 2026

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An Interview with Intel's Kira Boyko: Xeon 6's Product Director (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-13 | by George Cozma | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: intel xeon 6+, intel, computex 2026

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Intel launches Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest with 288 E-cores on 18A node, teases Diamond Rapids for 2027 (techspot.com)

2026-06-02 | get Intel Xeon Processor Bundle → | tags: intel, xeon 6+ clearwater forest, darkmont cores

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Intel Xeon 6+ Computex roundtable interview transcript — Kira Boyko and Tim Wilson on 18A wafer allocation, Clearwater Forest, and dropping hyper-threading (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-02 | by Jake Roach | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: xeon, clearwater forest, intel

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Watch Intel's Computex 2026 keynote here — CEO Lip-Bu Tan takes the stage in Taipei at 10:30pm PT on June 1 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-02 | by Jake Roach | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: intel, arc g3, xeon 7

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A 10 year old Xeon is all you need (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | get Intel Xeon E5 Processor → | tags: xeon e5-2620, gemma 4, ollama

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A 10 year old Xeon is all you need (for 26B-A4B MTP Drafters without GPU) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | get Intel Xeon E5-2670 → | tags: xeon e5-2620 v4, gemma 4, ollama

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Intel Xeon 7 ‘Diamond Rapids’ CPUs officially launching in 2027 on Intel 18A-P — next-gen P-core Xeon features PCIe 6.0, 50% higher core counts, and twice the memory bandwidth (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-01 | by Jake Roach | get Intel Xeon Processor 2027 → | tags: intel, xeon, diamond rapids

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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 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-01 | by Jake Roach | get Intel Xeon 6990E Processor → | tags: intel xeon, clearwater forest, intel 18a

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Nvidia offers restricted access to Vera CPU in first round of Linux benchmarks - 88-core monster competes with or beats Epyc and Xeon in selected tests (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-27 | by Zak Killian | get Nvidia Vera CPU Kit → | tags: nvidia vera, amd epyc, intel xeon

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768GB of cheap Intel Optane DIMM memory sticks used to run 1-trillion-parameter LLM on a system with a single GPU — local Kimi K2.5 install achieved roughly 4 tokens per second (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Intel Optane Memory Module → | tags: intel optane, xeon gold 6246, asus dual geforce rtx 3060

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Intel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and Taiwan (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-19 | by Luke James | get Intel 18A Processor → | tags: intel, 18a, tiger lake

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Intel announces McLaren F1 partnership, will battle AMD-powered Mercedes — deal includes chips for aerodynamic analysis, vehicle-dynamics simulation, race strategy analytics, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: intel, mclaren f1, amd

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Tech teardown specialist delids a Xeon with a blowtorch and hunting knife — wood chopping block makes a worthy stage for the sacrifice (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Mark Tyson | get Delidding Kit for CPUs → | tags: intel xeon, delid process, silicon die

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Intel's upcoming Xeon 7 'Diamond Rapids' server CPUs reportedly delayed to 2027 — Next-gen Coral Rapids lineup lands 2028 but can be accelerated, according to new leak (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-25 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Xeon Processor Cooler → | tags: intel, xeon, diamond rapids

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Intel's upcoming Xeon 7 "Diamond Rapids" server CPUs reportedly delayed to 2027 — Next-gen Coral Rapids lineup lands 2028 but can be accelerated, according to new leak (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-25 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Xeon Processor Cooler → | tags: xeon 7, diamond rapids, coral rapids

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CPU requirements for AI workloads are multiplying, driving intensifying shortages and price hikes — Intel already shifting production from consumer chips to Xeon as inference workloads drive server CPU ratios back toward parity with GPUs (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-24 | by Luke James | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: intel, xeon, ai workloads

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TSMC warns of Intel Foundry's growing prowess during the company's latest earnings call — 'We view Intel as our formidable competitor and do not underestimate them' (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: tsmc, intel foundry, amd epyc

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Intel's stock on historic 9-day winning streak, up 58% over that run (cnbc.com)

2026-04-13 | by Lola Murti | get Intel Core i5 Processor → | tags: intel, xeon, google

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Intel's stock is on track for a historic 9-day winning streak, up 56% over that run (cnbc.com)

2026-04-13 | by Lola Murti | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: intel, xeon, google

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Fueled by Musk's TeraFab tie-in, Intel's market cap hits highest level in 25 years — tops $300 billion on CPU, AI, and foundry momentum (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: intel, terafab, xeon

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Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-09 | by Rebecca Szkutak | get Intel Xeon Scalable Processor → | tags: google, intel, xeon

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Intel and Google announce multi-year chip deal — Google will deploy Intel Xeon with custom IPUs for next-gen AI, cloud infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: intel, google, xeon

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Google expands partnership with Intel for AI chips (cnbc.com)

2026-04-09 | by Katie Tarasov | get Intel Neural Compute Stick → | tags: google, intel xeon, ai chips

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Intel and SambaNova team up on heterogenous AI inference platform — different hardware performs different workloads (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-08 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: intel, sambanova, xeon 6

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Intel Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 GPUs bring 32GB of RAM to AI and pro apps — bigger Battlemage finally arrives, but it's not for gamers (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-25 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get Intel Arc Pro GPU RAM Upgrade → | tags: intel arc pro, battlemage gpu, gddr6 memory