Intel today unveiled its most advanced semiconductor process and previewed Xeon 6+ (code-named Clearwater Forest), its first Intel 18A-based 2nm data center server chip, expected to launch in the first half of 2026. Clearwater Forest and Intel’s newly announced client processor Intel Core Ultra series 3 (code named Panther Lake) are manufactured at Fab 52, Intel’s new factory in Chandler, Arizona. At a press event last week near the Chandler fab complex, the company declared 18A to be the most a...