# Clearwater Forest will be the latest product utilizing the 18A process technology.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-21 · Wccftech*

## Key points

- Intel's Clearwater Forest 'Xeon 6+' CPUs are now in full production for 2024 launch.
- Clearwater Forest CPUs feature up to 288 cores, 576 MB L3 cache, and 450W TDP.
- A single Xeon 6990E+ offers 38% rack power reduction and 60% better perf/watt vs Sierra Forest.
- Dell's next-gen servers with Diamond Rapids CPUs will scale up to 256-512 cores and 16-channel memory.

**Companies:** Intel, Dell
**Countries:** United States

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