What platform is Intel’s Diamond Rapids on, and why does it matter? Allow SemiAccurate to shed some light on the matter for the third time.

Back in 2018 SemiAccurate called Intel on their woes, mainly effects of the 10nm debacle we exclusively told you about starting in 2016. Without rehashing the whole mess, OK read most of it here, we can say that in mid-2019, Diamond Rapids was due to come out in 2h/2023 on the Mountain Stream platform. At the time, Emerald Rapids didn’t exist and Granite Rapids was the successor to Sapphire on the same Eagle Stream platform.

Everything slipped and Emerald followed Sapphire on Eagle which meant Granite got a new platform, Birch Stream, basically a bug-fixed, mostly, Eagle. Diamond was now on Birch too for obvious customer reasons although we can’t point to Intel ever saying this publicly. Then again I don’t think they have said Diamond publicly yet so we won’t hold that against them. OK, we can’t resist, they will be 5 years late in two days.

So what has changed, and does this affect Diamond+1?

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Disclosures: Charlie Demerjian and Stone Arch Networking Services, Inc. have no consulting relationships, investment relationships, or hold any investment positions with any of the companies mentioned in this report.

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Charlie Demerjian is the founder of Stone Arch Networking Services and SemiAccurate.com. SemiAccurate.com is a technology news site; addressing hardware design, software selection, customization, securing and maintenance, with over one million views per month. He is a technologist and analyst specializing in semiconductors, system and network architecture. As head writer of SemiAccurate.com, he regularly advises writers, analysts, and industry executives on technical matters and long lead industry trends. Charlie is also available through Guidepoint and Mosaic. FullyAccurate

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