Overview
- The roadmap leak, posted Thursday by leaker Jaykihn and reported Saturday by multiple outlets, points to a mid-2027 launch for Diamond Rapids on a 16-channel memory platform.
- It says the first chips would offer about 256 performance cores, with a 512-core part a quarter or two later on the same LGA9324 socket.
- The leak adds that Diamond Rapids would be Intel’s last non‑multithreaded Xeon, with Coral Rapids in mid-2028 restoring SMT on 8‑channel systems.
- Reported technical details include Intel’s 18A manufacturing process, Panther Cove‑X cores, a split compute and memory‑controller tile design, support for MRDIMM 2 bandwidth, and TDPs up to about 650W.
- TweakTown’s analysis warns the delay could open a window for AMD’s Zen 6 “Venice” EPYC chips and pressure Intel’s data‑center and 18A foundry goals, while same‑socket compatibility could ease upgrades for buyers.