Intel unveiled three distinct chip architectures specifically engineered to handle the latency and throughput demands of the next generation of agentic AI workloads.

At Hot Chips 2026, Intel unveiled three architectures—Diamond Rapids, Crescent Island, and Wildcat Lake—to support agentic AI across data centers, edge systems, and PCs. Diamond Rapids is a next-generation Xeon 7 CPU scaling to 256 cores on 18A-P process technology, while Crescent Island is a 350W inference GPU with up to 480GB of memory for OEMs. Wildcat Lake, already shipping in mainstream client devices, utilizes an organic multi-chip package and features a 17 TOPS integrated NPU.