288-core Sierra Forest Xeon
Intel also confirmed that the 5th generation Xeon family, codenamed ‘Emerald Rapids’, will be released on December 14. It will be compatible with the existing Eagle Stream platform and offer some upgrades over its predecessor. According to Intel, the new chips will come with faster memory support and provide significant performance increases compared to the previous generation at the same power consumption.
Intel also touched on consumer products during the event, including a confirmed launch date for its Meteor Lake CPU series. Moreover, the company has given some details about the upcoming processor generations, which include Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, and Panther Lake. Meteor Lake will come with the first ‘Core Ultra’ chipsets, which are scheduled to be released on December 14. The chipmaker claims that Meteor Lake represents the most significant architectural shift in the company’s processor design in the last four decades and is expected to deliver noticeable performance and efficiency improvements over its predecessors.
Arrow Lake is expected to launch in the second half of 2024, while Lunar Lake is expected to arrive by 2024-25. Finally, there is Panther Lake, which is scheduled to be released in 2025. So we will see new processors from Intel every year.