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Intel previews Xeon 6+ “Clearwater Forest” at MWC 2026



Intel is using MWC Barcelona 2026 to preview Intel Xeon 6+, describing it as the next step in the Xeon 6 roadmap for network and cloud infrastructure. The company positions Xeon 6+ as part of its “AI-ready network” message at MWC, where Intel is highlighting live-network AI inference and a broader path from 5G to 6G. 


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Xeon 6+


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Xeon 6+

Clearwater Forest with 288 cores

Accpording to Intel Xeon6+ has 12 compute tiles on Intel 18A, plus 3 active base tiles on Intel 3 and 2 I/O tiles on Intel 7. Intel mentions 12 EMIB tiles (2.5D) as part of the package, and it references Foveros Direct 3D in the same presentation.

For the core complex, Intel’s compute-tile slide breaks the layout down into 6 modules per tile, with 4 cores per module. That is 24 Darkmont E-cores per compute tile. Intel says Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest) scales to up to 288 Darkmont E-cores, built from 12 compute tiles with 24 E-cores each, and targets 1-socket and 2-socket platforms.

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