Intel promises: 'Clearwater Forest' Xeon CPUs will be launched in 2025, using the latest Darkmont E core

According to news from this site on January 24, based on the Linux kernel patch submitted by Intel, relevant information about the next-generation Xeon processor was once again confirmed.

"Sierra Forest"

Intel plans to release the "Sierra Forest" CPU before the end of 2024, which will be Intel's first Xeon processor fully equipped with E cores.

This site previously reported that Intel’s roadmap announced in March last year publicly mentioned “Sierra Forest” for the first time. In August last year, it was officially announced that it has up to 144 cores. Last year In September, it was announced again that the upper limit had been raised to 288.

In December last year, “Sierra Forest” appeared in the GeekBench benchmark library. Although its single-core performance was not good, its multi-threading results were outstanding and it should be able to complete tasks efficiently.

According to the latest patch notes, both "Sierra Forest" and "Grand Ridge" will use Crestmont-based cores.

"Clearwater Forest"

Intel plans to launch "Clearwater Forest" in 2025. According to the patch content, the Xeon processor will use Atom Darkmont-based cores.

Specifically, the developer added a new 0xDD (221) model in the patch and confirmed that the Atom Darkmont core uses the Intel 18A process.

Relevant patches have been submitted to the merge window of Linux 6.8, and the media predicts that Intel will submit more relevant patches in the future. The official version of Linux 6.8 is expected to be released in March 2024.

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