Intel’s 29 March investor update separates working chips from launch targets. Emerald Rapids is sampling and undergoing volume validation, with a fourth-quarter launch planned.
Photo: JF10, “Intel HQ” (Santa Clara, 2008), CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped.
Sierra Forest has powered on, booted operating systems and shipped initial samples. Intel targets the first half of 2024 for the 144-core processor. Granite Rapids is also sampling, with a launch planned after Sierra Forest in 2024.
The February 2022 roadmap already put Sierra Forest in 2024 and described separate performance-core and efficient-core product lines moving towards a shared platform.
The new update adds evidence of working silicon and narrows the timetable. Intel says the shared platform will help Granite Rapids follow Sierra Forest. Clearwater Forest, an efficient-core successor on Intel 18A, is planned for 2025.
Related: January’s Xeon launch.
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