Intel officially releases Xeon 600 chips, announces new vPro Panther Lake CPUs — ‘all-new’ vPro platform goes all-in on AI

Intel has officially launched its Xeon 600 range of workstation CPUs, previously known as Granite Rapids-WS, with 11 SKUs available, starting at $499. The chips support Intel’s updated vPro platform and offer improved multithreaded and single-threaded performance compared to the previous generation. The Xeon 600 chips are supported on the new W890 chipset, offering up to 4TB of ECC memory and 128 PCIe 5 lanes. Additionally, Intel announced the Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) CPUs for businesses with vPro certification, featuring up to 96GB of LPDDR5 memory and 12 PCIe 5 lanes. Intel also detailed new features of its updated vPro platform, including vPro Certified Apps and Accessories Program, Intel Device IQ, and enhanced security features like Total Storage Encryption and Intel Threat Detection Technology.