Engineering:Clearwater Forest

Short description: Intel Xeon 6+ E-core server processors, released in 2026

Clearwater Forest is the codename for Intel's Xeon 6+ server processors, launched on June 1, 2026 at Computex. It is the first data center processor built on the Intel 18A process node. Clearwater Forest uses exclusively Darkmont E-cores (efficiency cores), with up to 288 cores per socket, targeting cloud-native, networking, and scale-out workloads. It succeeds Sierra Forest and shares I/O tiles with Granite Rapids.

All models support 2-socket configurations, 12 channels of DDR5-8000, 96 PCIe 5.0 lanes, 64 CXL 2.0 lanes, SGX, TDX, and built-in accelerators (QAT, DSA, DLB, IAA).

See also

• List of Intel processors
• List of Intel Xeon processors