Intel touts new Xeon chip's AI power in bid to fend off AMD, ARM advances

Intel emphasizes the efficiency advantage of its Granite Rapids Xeon 6 server chips compared to AMD Turin chips that use more processor cores. Intel Intel on Monday revealed new versions of its Xeon 6 server processors, in a bid to proliferate AI processing throughout its data center product line as it fends off incursions on two fronts -- from AMD and ARM Holdings. The new processors, dubbed Xeon 6 6500 and 6700, extend the chip giant's product lineup first announced in September 2024. Code-named "Granite Rapids," the Xeon 6 chips feature what are called performance cores, dozens of individual computing elements designed to deliver the most powerful computing activity in the company's chip lineup. Also: The fall of Intel: How gen AI helped dethrone a giant and transform computing as we know it Intel's initial 6900 Xeon 6 chips, announced in September, offer 128 of the performance cores in each chip, whereas the 6500 and 6700 chips offer lower core counts, 16 to 86, at lower prices ... Read full article.