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Intel's Clearwater Forest Slashes Xeon Racks, Boosts Power
8/28/2025
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- Intel's Clearwater Forest systems utilize 18A process technology, reducing 1,400 Xeon racks to 180 machines.
- The architecture includes 12 compute dies, each with 24 cores, linked through advanced packaging technology.
- Clearwater Forest aims to compete with AMD's Verano parts, anticipated to feature 256 cores.
