Intel cancels part of its next-gen Diamond Rapids Xeon lineup, report claims — Xeon 7 will drop models with 8 memory DIMMs to focus only on 16-channel CPUs for extra memory throughput

Things are heating up again on the server side of CPUs, with both Intel and AMD gunning for the crown. Just yesterday, we covered Granite Rapids-WS, the next launch in the Xeon series, and today we have confirmation from Intel on how Diamond Rapids will shape up. Xeon 7 was originally set to include two lineups: one with 8-channel memory and one with 16-channel, but the former has now been cancelled. Diamond Rapids will therefore be exclusively 16-channel.

Speaking to ServeTheHome, an Intel spokesperson…