Milestones
- Crescent Island announcedOct 2025Complete.
- Sampling beginsTarget Q3 2026Current milestone.
- General availabilityTarget 2027Not yet reached.
Most important updates
Upcoming
- Q3 2026Sampling begins (next)
- 2027General availability
Crescent IslandIntel—Intel announces Crescent Island, an inference-optimized Xe3P GPU with 160 GB LPDDR5X, sampling H2 2026Advanced Packaging (EMIB-T / Foveros)Intel—Intel showcases EMIB-T advanced packaging with through-silicon vias for multi-kilowatt AI acceleratorsSilicon spin qubitsIntel—Argonne National Laboratory and Intel put a 12-qubit Tunnel Falls processor into operation as a research testbedIntel 18AIntel—Intel launches Panther Lake, its first 18A processors, at CESXeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest)Intel—Intel launches Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest), first 18A server CPU with up to 288 E-cores
Crescent Island
by IntelUS
Run AI models cheaply using ordinary memory instead of scarce, costly HBM. An air-cooled card with plenty of memory could make AI serving affordable in ordinary data centers.
ProtoStage 2 of 5
Sampling begins H2 2026; general availability targets 2027.
Updated 14 Oct 2025Checked 11 Oct0 updates this week