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

Intel says its next Xeon 7 server CPU, Diamond Rapids, is slated for 2027 on the Intel 18A-P process.

The chips are expected to add PCIe 6.0, 50% more cores than Xeon 6, and twice the memory bandwidth.

Intel plans to share more technical details later this year.

The roadmap sets up a key showdown with AMD’s upcoming EPYC Venice platform based on Zen 6.