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Intel launches Intel Xeon 6+ processors with Efficient-cores, offering industry-leading rack density across data center workloads.
\nIntel expands its 800 Series Ethernet portfolio with the Intel Ethernet E835 controllers and network adapters, scaling up to 200GbE and helping reduce networking bottlenecks for modern AI, cloud, and edge infrastructure.
\nIntel broadens its Xeon portfolio for small and mid\u2011sized businesses with a new 12\u2011core Intel Xeon 6300 series processor that delivers higher performance for entry servers.
\nIntel discloses additional technical details regarding its next\u2011generation data center GPU,\u00a0code-named Crescent Island, specifically designed for agentic systems and addressing power and memory bottlenecks for customers.<\/p>\n
Taipei \u2013 June 1, 2026 \u2013 Intel today announced a series of data center advancements, including new Intel Xeon 6+ processors, an expanded 800 Series Ethernet portfolio featuring the Intel Ethernet E835 controllers and network adapters, and continued progress on its AI accelerator roadmap, including updates on Crescent Island. Together, these developments highlight a clear industry shift: as AI becomes more agentic, the CPU is re\u2011emerging at the center of modern AI infrastructure. With Xeon serving as the control plane, Intel is taking a systems\u2011level approach to performance and efficiency at scale \u2014delivering platforms designed for increasingly agentic AI workloads, where orchestration, data movement, and sustained inference are critical across data center and network environments.<\/p>\n
\u201cAI doesn\u2019t scale as a collection of parts\u2014it scales as a coordinated system,\u201d said Kevork Kechichan, executive vice president and general manager of Intel Data Center Group. \u201cAs AI becomes more agentic, the constraints shift to orchestration, concurrency, and data movement. That shift reinforces a core reality: the CPU remains the control plane for the modern AI infrastructure. With Xeon 6+ and Ethernet E835, we\u2019re tightly coupling compute and networking to reduce bottlenecks and enable efficient, secure scaling of real\u2011world agentic workflows.\u201d<\/p>\n
Introducing Intel Xeon 6+ Processors <\/p>\n
Intel Xeon 6+ processors extend the Xeon 6 family with a focus on performance density, power efficiency, and operational scale for cloud\u2011native, agentic AI\u2011driven, and network\u2011intensive workloads. Built on Intel 18A \u2014its first use in a data center CPU\u2014 Xeon 6+ is engineered for sustained performance under real\u2011world power constraints\u2014addressing orchestration, concurrency and data movement demands of emerging agentic AI. <\/p>\n
Optimized for environments where watts per rack, throughput per core, and latency predictability are critical, Xeon 6+ emphasizes scale\u2011out performance \u2014 making room for new AI workloads without requiring disruptive data center redesigns.<\/p>\n
Key highlights include:<\/p>\n
Up to 288 Efficient-cores, delivering up to 2.5 times more performance1 compared to the previous generation, and up to 45% better performance per thread per watt2 versus the competition \u2013 enabling high concurrency and strong responsiveness for cloud-native, telecom, and agentic AI-driven workloads.
\n12\u2011channel DDR5 memory with scalable bandwidth for high\u2011density systems
\n96 lanes of PCIe Gen 5 and CXL support to accelerate data movement across heterogeneous infrastructure.
\nIntel Application Energy Telemetry (AET) enables real-time workload-level CPU energy and activity telemetry, improving visibility into energy consumption at the workload-level starting with Intel Xeon 6+ processors.
\nUp to 9:1 server consolidation3, reducing footprint and total cost of ownership vs. 2nd Gen Intel Xeon.
\nSecurity built into silicon, including Intel SGX and Intel TDX, to support confidential and multi\u2011tenant deployments.<\/p>\n
Intel Xeon 6+ processors are already being tested within telecom network infrastructures and configured into data center systems with platforms available across the ecosystem. These include servers, networking and integrated solutions from and used by ASUS, Dell Technologies, Ericsson, GIGABYTE, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro \u2013 and others developing on Xeon 6+ today.<\/p>\n
This growing portfolio reflects Intel\u2019s systems\u2011first approach\u2014delivering deployable, available\u2011now infrastructure for running, scaling, and orchestrating increasingly agentic AI workloads on x86. Paired with complementary Xeon platforms optimized for both high\u2011density throughput and single\u2011thread performance, Intel\u2019s customers and partners can balance efficiency and responsiveness by distributing workloads across a proven, broad, mature hardware and software ecosystem.<\/p>\n
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Intel Ethernet E835: High-Efficiency Networking for Next-Gen Infrastructure <\/p>\n
As AI, cloud, and distributed workloads continue to scale, networking has become a critical determinant of overall infrastructure performance and efficiency. The Intel Ethernet E835 controllers and network adapters are designed to deliver performant, power-efficient connectivity for modern data center, enterprise, edge, and AI environments.<\/p>\n
The Intel Ethernet E835 provides the scalability and efficiency required for next-generation infrastructure while maintaining industry-leading performance-per-watt. Designed for dense, virtualized deployments, the E835 helps reduce energy consumption and operational costs without compromising throughput or reliability.<\/p>\n
Key highlights include: <\/p>\n
Flexible Connectivity: Delivers 200 GbE throughput with multiple controller and adapter configurations supporting data rates from 10GbE to 200GbE. The 835 supports a broad range of port configurations, including 2x25GbE, 4x25GbE, 2x100GbE, and 1x200GbE, with additional configurations enabled through the Intel Ethernet Port Configuration Tool (EPCT).
\nIndustry-leading Power Efficiency: Engineered for high performance-per-watt, Intel E835-CQDA2 network adapter delivers up to 1.9 times higher performance per watt than the comparable NVIDIA ConnectX-6 DX (CX614106A) and 1.4 times higher than Broadcom BCM957508-P2100G, lowering energy consumption and operational costs of modern distributed environments.*
\nNetwork Optimization: Implements RDMA (RoCEv2\/iWARP) to reduce CPU utilization and maximize efficiency – and Dynamic Device Personalization to streamline packet processing and improve application performance.
\nSecurity & Management: Integrates Hardware Root of Trust and signed SPDM with DMTF-based manageability for secure, deterministic operations.
\nBroad Compatibility: Supports multiple operating systems including Linux, ESXi and Windows.
\n10+ Year Lifecycle: Built for long-term reliability and support.<\/p>\n
With broad support from industry leaders\u2014including Cisco, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, and Supermicro\u2014the Intel Ethernet E835 provides an efficient and manageable networking fabric. From AI training to enterprise cloud services, the E835 delivers the scalability, reliability and high-efficiency features required for the next generation of networking.<\/p>\n
Pricing and availability vary by configuration, with recommended pricing on intel.com\/ethernet<\/a>.<\/p>\n More Performance for SMB Entry Servers<\/p>\n Intel also announced the general availability of a new 12\u2011core option in the Intel Xeon 6300 processor family for entry servers that raises the platform ceiling beyond 8 cores for the first time. The added core count provides greater compute power and flexibility for growing SMB workloads\u2014without requiring a platform change.<\/p>\n Available today through major OEMs, the Xeon 6300 12\u2011core processor is drop\u2011in compatible with existing entry server designs, enabling fast, cost\u2011effective upgrades.<\/p>\n Crescent Island: Building Momentum in AI Inference<\/p>\n \u00a0To meet the growing demands for agentic AI\u2014memory capacity, bandwidth and efficiency are emerging as critical differentiators alongside performance. Purpose-built to address these needs, Intel’s next-generation data center GPU, code-named Crescent Island, built on the Xe 3P architecture extends the proven Xe architecture delivering enhanced efficiency and performance-per-watt while maintaining broad software compatibility for modern AI workloads.<\/p>\n Equipped with LPDDR5x memory, Intel\u2019s Crescent Island delivers up to 480 GB capacity to efficiently handle large, token-intensive workloads while reducing total cost of ownership. Its power efficient 350W air\u2011cooled PCIe design enables highly efficient scaling for agentic AI with strong performance-per-watt.<\/p>\n Leveraging\u00a0a multi-generational Xe install base, Intel\u2019s Crescent Island is designed for next generation AI workloads with support for a wide range of datatypes and microscaling formats, from native FP4\/MXFP4 to FP64, including expanded support for advanced AI operations and improved memory and scalability.<\/p>\n Intel’s open programmable AI software stack supports a heterogeneous compute platform designed to reduce friction and enable AI deployment at scale by providing out-of-the-box model support with an upstream-first approach. Built on the same Xe architecture foundation, Intel\u2019s Arc Pro Series provides an ideal development platform allowing developers to build, validate and optimize workloads on familiar hardware and seamlessly deploy on Crescent Island with forward and backward compatibility.<\/p>\n About Intel <\/p>\n Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an industry leader, creating world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches lives. Inspired by Moore\u2019s Law, we continuously work to advance the design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers\u2019 greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the cloud, network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash the potential of data to transform business and society for the better. To learn more about Intel\u2019s innovations, go to newsroom.intel.com<\/a> and intel.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Small Print:<\/p>\n Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.intel.com\/PerformanceIndex<\/a>.<\/p>\n See [9D23] at intel.com\/processorclaims: Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae 6+. Results may vary.<\/p>\n
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