Diamonds, Crescents and Wildcats: Intel shows off its hardware for the next generation of agentic AI workloads
THE SO WHAT
Intel is signaling that agentic AI will have its own optimized silicon stack—but with two of three chips a year or more out, your 2025–2026 roadmap still has to live on today's GPUs and CPUs. If you're betting on long-horizon agent workloads, architect for portability now so you can arbitrage between Nvidia, Intel, and others as these new parts actually ship.
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