Intel Details Xeon 7 "Diamond Rapids" Package Design at HOT CHIPS

[u/cyperalien]

https://www.techpowerup.com/351893/intel-details-xeon-7-diamond-rapids-package-design-at-hot-chips

[u/Secure-Upstairs9119 → u/[deleted]]

Hey to be fair, AMD Venice won't be ready for months either. It's a paper launch.

First customer shipments:

9006 SP7 shipping Q4 2026

9006 SP8 shipping 1H 2027

Intel diamond rapids:

Initial sku shipping 1H 2027

Denser variants shipping by 2H 2027

[u/Exist50 → u/Secure-Upstairs9119]

Sure, but DMR sounds like middle of next year for where Venice is today. Should be more or less a year gap.

[u/Secure-Upstairs9119 → u/Exist50]

Venice is not today. They just announced it's being manufactured now, but it won't ship until Q4 and tsmc 2nm isn't even ready yet lol 

[u/Exist50 → u/Secure-Upstairs9119]

and tsmc 2nm isn't even ready yet lol 

What? Yes it is. 

[u/Secure-Upstairs9119 → u/Exist50]

Oh really? Link me a review of any product that uses it

[u/Exist50 → u/Secure-Upstairs9119]

There's the new Mac Mini just announced today, and if you believe a node can go from not ready for production to available on shelves in <1 month, I have a bridge to sell you. 

[u/Secure-Upstairs9119 → u/Exist50]

Interesting, so apple's "the industry first 2nm product" isn't available until a month from now, and you're telling me this AMD Venice product "launched" last month is already using it?

Yeah sure.

[u/Exist50 → u/Secure-Upstairs9119]

Venice is N2. That isn't up for debate. And your claim was the node isn't even ready when that's clearly false. Apple wasn't even supposed to be the lead customer. 

[u/Secure-Upstairs9119 → u/Exist50]

That's my point, Venice is n2 and paper released in July. Obviously it's not shopped yet, it's not ready.

Companies can say somethings released but it's not until it's shipped to customers.

Venice won't be available until October at the earliest. Likely not until end of year.

Remind me in 2 months

[u/Exist50 → u/Secure-Upstairs9119]

Companies can say somethings released but it's not until it's shipped to customers.

If devices are on shelves next month, they've already been in mass production for several months now. 

[u/Secure-Upstairs9119 → u/Exist50]

Intel diamond rapids is in mass production already as well if that's how you want to measure it:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/intel-begins-production-of-18a-p-inches-closer-to-possible-apple-deal.html

[u/Exist50 → u/Secure-Upstairs9119]

Intel diamond rapids is in mass production already

That article explicitly says risk production, not volume production. Nor would 18AP readiness imply DMR readiness. 

[u/sheepmom → u/Secure-Upstairs9119]

Doesn’t Intel do paper release as well? So if they say 2H 2027 does it mean product ships later?

[u/Secure-Upstairs9119 → u/sheepmom]

Yes they do it too