At Computex 2024, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiled the latest technologies marrying cutting-edge performance and power efficiency – across data centers, acceleration and the AI PC experience – with the goal of making AI cost-efficient and accessible for all. Intel is committed to empowering open ecosystems and accelerating AI opportunities for customers and partners. With more processing power, leading-edge power efficiency and low total cost of ownership, Intel continues to lead the industry into a sustainable and scalable future.
During the June 4-7 event in Taipei, Taiwan, Gelsinger presented a keynote at which he launched Intel® Xeon® 6 processors with Efficient-cores (E-cores), announced pricing for Intel® Gaudi® 2 and Intel® Gaudi® 3 AI accelerator kits, and unveiled the breakthrough Lunar Lake client processor architecture, a revolutionary design that further expands the AI PC category.
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At Computex Taiwan, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger discusses the vast opportunities ahead and the Intel innovation that’s bringing AI everywhere. During the event in June 2024, Intel unveiled cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
At Computex Taiwan, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger highlights the efficiency for rack space and the power saving provided by Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (code-named Sierra Forest) compared to 2nd Gen Intel Xeon processors. At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024, Intel unveiled cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
"Intel has been at the heart of the data center for decades," says Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as he delivers the keynote address at Computex Taiwan. Over 130 million Intel Xeon processors currently power data centers around the world. During Gelsinger’s keynote on June 4, 2024, he unveiled Intel’s cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
At Computex Taiwan, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger unveils a wall of AI PCs running on Intel technology. During the event in June 2024, Intel unveiled cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
At Computex Taiwan, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger revealed that Intel is preparing to launch Intel Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (code-named Granite Rapids) in the third quarter of 2024. At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024, Intel unveiled cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger displays a wafer of Panther Lake processors built on the Intel 18A process technology. During the keynote at Computex Taiwan on June 4, 2024, Intel unveiled cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger (left) is joined onstage at Computex Taiwan 2024 by Jack Tsai, president of Inventec. During Gelsinger’s keynote on June 4, 2024, he unveiled Intel’s cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger (left) is joined onstage at Computex Taiwan 2024 by Jonney Shih, chairman of ASUS. During Gelsinger’s keynote on June 4, 2024, he unveiled Intel’s cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger (left) is joined onstage at Computex Taiwan 2024 by Jason Chen, chairman and CEO of Acer. During Gelsinger’s keynote on June 4, 2024, he unveiled Intel’s cutting-edge technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the artificial intelligence ecosystem. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Lunar Lake
Intel revealed architecture details for its upcoming Lunar Lake client computing processor, which was redesigned to set a new bar for x86 power efficiency and to deliver leading core and graphics performance with unmatched AI.
New Performance-cores (P-cores) and Efficient-cores (E-cores) deliver amazing performance at up to 40% lower system-on-chip power compared to the previous generation1. A new neural processing unit is up to 4x faster, enabling corresponding improvements in generative AI, versus the previous generation. And new Xe2 graphics processing unit cores improve gaming and graphics performance by 1.5x over the previous generation.
Lunar Lake will power more than 80 new AI PC designs from more than 20 partners beginning in 2024’s third quarter.
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Lunar Lake Architecture: An Animation
Animated video shows the layers of technologies that make up Lunar Lake. On June 4, 2024, at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, Intel unveiled architecture details about Lunar Lake. The processor designed for thin-and-light PCs makes significant improvements to performance and efficiency across the neural processing unit, central processing unit and graphics processing unit when compared with the previous generation. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Lunar Lake Images
On June 4, 2024, at Computex, Intel revealed new details regarding the next generation of the new mobile processor, code-named Lunar Lake. Lunar Lake brings a new ground-up redesign that delivers greater power and efficiency, and leading AI compute. It will power the next generation of AI PCs with unprecedented x86 power efficiency and no-compromise application compatibility. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
An illustration shows the angled view of the Lunar Lake package. On June 4, 2024, at Computex, Intel revealed new details regarding the next generation of the new mobile processor, code-named Lunar Lake. Lunar Lake brings a new ground-up redesign that delivers greater power and efficiency, and leading AI compute. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
An image highlights the new and enhanced features of the Lunar Lake processor. On June 4, 2024, at Computex, Intel showcased new details of Lunar Lake, which will power the next generation of AI PCs with unprecedented x86 power efficiency and no-compromise application compatibility. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Lunar Lake Delivers a New Architecture for the AI PC
At Computex 2024, Intel revealed the architectural details of Lunar Lake – the flagship processor for the next generation of AI PCs. Lunar Lake offers a leap in graphics and AI processing power and a focus on power-efficient compute performance for the thin-and-light segment. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel Xeon 6
Intel launched the Intel® Xeon® 6 family of processors, including both E-core and P-core options, to address a broad array of use cases and workloads, from AI and other high-performance compute needs to scalable cloud-native applications.
The first of the family debuting at Computex 2024 is the Intel® Xeon® 6 processor with Efficient-cores, code-named Sierra Forest. With its high core density and exceptional performance per watt, it enables rack-level consolidation of 3-to-1, and a rack-level performance gain of up to 4.2x and performance per watt gain of up to 2.6x when compared with 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® processors on media transcode workloads.
Intel Xeon 6 processors with P-cores are expected to launch in 2024’s third quarter and will deliver greater performance for the most demanding workloads, including AI, high-performance computing, image processing and data analytics.
Xeon 6 Images
At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024, Intel launched the Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (E-cores). For companies looking to refresh aging infrastructure to help reduce costs and free up space, Intel Xeon 6 with E-cores offers significant rack density advantages, enabling a 3-to-1 rack-level consolidation. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024, Intel launched the Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (E-cores), which use less power and occupy less rack space in aging infrastructure compared with earlier generations. These Intel Xeon 6 processors with E-cores free up space for innovative new AI projects. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024, Intel shared details on the new Intel Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores) and Efficient-cores (E-cores). The Intel Xeon 6 platform will give customers choice, addressing a broad array of use cases and workloads, from compute-intensive high performance computing and AI to scalable cloud-native applications. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024, Intel launched the Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (E-cores), which use less power and occupy less rack space in aging infrastructure compared with earlier generations. These Intel Xeon 6 processors with E-cores free up space for innovative new AI projects. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
A worker in the Intel Kulim Assembly Test facility in Kulim, Malaysia, inspects Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (code-named Sierra Forest) in May 2024. The first member of the Intel Xeon 6 processor family was introduced June 4, 2024, at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. (Credit: Intel Corporation). (Credit: Intel Corporation)
A worker in the Costa Rica Assembly Test (CRAT) facility in San Jose, Costa Rica, displays an Intel Xeon 6 processor with Efficient-cores (code-named Sierra Forest) in May 2024. The first member of the Intel Xeon 6 processor family was introduced June 4, 2024, at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. (Credit: Intel Corporation).
A photo shows a wafer of Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (code-name Sierra Forest). Intel launched the first member of the Intel Xeon 6 processor family on June 4, 2024, at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. Intel Xeon 6 with E-cores offers scalability and flexibility with a modular system on a chip architecture. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
A photo shows a wafer of Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (code-name Sierra Forest). Intel launched the first member of the Intel Xeon 6 processor family on June 4, 2024, at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. Intel Xeon 6 with E-cores is optimized for higher performance per watt for throughput-oriented workloads like microservices as well as networking and media. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel Xeon 6 Processors Explained in 60 Seconds
Here’s a one-minute breakdown of three things to know about Intel® Xeon® 6 processors with Efficient-cores (E-cores). Code-named Sierra Forest, they were launched at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024, and are built with E-cores to improve performance and power efficiency for high-density, scale-out workloads. This first member of the Intel Xeon 6 processor family will soon be followed by Intel Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores), code-named Granite Rapids. It will support more compute-intensive workloads such as AI and computer vision. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel Manufacturing in Kulim, Malaysia, and San Jose, Costa Rica (B-Roll)
B-roll footage from May 2024 shows the Intel Kulim Assembly Test (KuAT) facility in Kulim, Malaysia, and the Costa Rica Assembly Test (CRAT) facility in San Jose, Costa Rica. It includes Intel employees inside the facilities and video of Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (code-named Sierra Forest). (Credit: Intel Corporation)
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Intel Gaudi
The Intel Gaudi architecture gives customers the generative AI performance they seek with a price-performance advantage that provides choice and fast deployment time at lower total cost of operating.
At Computex, Intel announced that a standard AI kit including eight Intel Gaudi 2 accelerators with a universal baseboard (UBB) offered to system providers at $65,000 is estimated to be one-third the cost of comparable competitive platforms. A kit including eight Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators with a UBB will list at $125,000, estimated to be two-thirds the cost of comparable competitive platforms2.
Further, Intel announced six new system providers are expected to bring Intel Gaudi 3 systems to market. ASUS, Foxconn, Gigabyte, Inventec, Quanta and Wistron join Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo and Supermicro with plans to offer Intel Gaudi 3 systems.
Intel introduced the Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator on April 9, 2024, at the Intel Vision event in Phoenix, Arizona. The accelerator delivers 4x AI compute for BF16 and 1.5x increase in memory bandwidth compared with its predecessor. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel introduced the Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator on April 9, 2024, at the Intel Vision event in Phoenix, Arizona. The accelerator meets the unserved demands for choice while offering versatility through open and community-based software and open industry-standard Ethernet, helping businesses flexibly scale their systems. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel introduced the Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator on April 9, 2024, at the Intel Vision event in Phoenix, Arizona. It is designed to bring global enterprises choice for generative AI, building on the performance and scalability of its Gaudi 2 predecessor. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel tackles the generative AI gap by introducing the Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator at the Intel Vision event on April 9, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. Gaudi 3 gives customers choice with open community-based software and industry-standard Ethernet networking to scale their systems more flexibly. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel tackles the generative AI gap by introducing the Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator at the Intel Vision event on April 9, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. Gaudi 3 gives customers choice with open community-based software and industry-standard Ethernet networking to scale their systems more flexibly. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel Tech Tour
Just days before Computex, Intel hosted its third-annual Technology Tour in Taiwan, where global media and analysts received an in-depth look at Lunar Lake architecture as well as sessions on Xeon 6 and Gaudi accelerators. The two-day event included technical deep dives and keynotes from business and technical leaders from across Intel who are charged with bringing next-generation technologies to life.
Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel’s executive vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group, shows off Intel’s new Lunar Lake processor during the Intel Technology Tour in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2024. Lunar Lake will power more than 80 new AI PC designs from more than 20 OEMs beginning in 2024’s third quarter. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
An audience listens to Intel spokespeople share details about the new Lunar Lake processor at the Intel Technology Tour in Taipei, Taiwan. During this two-day event in May 2024, media, analysts, influencers and partners from around the world gathered to learn about new technological advancements from Intel. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel executives host a Q&A session at the Intel Technology Tour in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2024. During this two-day event, Intel provided technical deep dives and keynotes from business and technical leaders from across the company who are charged with bringing Lunar Lake to life. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Jim Johnson (left), senior vice president of the Client Computing Group and general manager of the Client Business Group at Intel, hosts a Q&A panel at the Intel Technology Tour in Taipei, Taiwan. During this two-day event in May 2024, Intel provided technical deep dives and keynotes from business and technical leaders from across the company who are charged with bringing Lunar Lake to life. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Michelle Johnston Holthaus (center), executive vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group at Intel, stands on stage during the Intel Technology Tour in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2024 with OEM partners who will be launching Lunar Lake devices this year. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Grace Wang, vice president and general manager of Intel Taiwan, holds a Lunar Lake-powered laptop next to a layered demo during the Intel Technology Tour in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2024. During the event, media, analysts and influencers received an in-depth look at Lunar Lake architecture. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Rob Bruckner, corporate vice president and chief technology officer of Platform Engineering Group at Intel, holds a Lunar Lake developer kit on stage during the Intel Technology Tour in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2024. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
1 Power measurements are based on Lunar Lake reference platform using YouTube 4K 30fps AV1. See backup for details. Results may vary.
2 Pricing guidance for cards and systems is for modeling purposes only. Please consult your original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of choice for final pricing. Results may vary based upon volumes and lead times.