2.3 Granite Rapids-D: Intel Xeon 6 SoC for vRAN, Edge, Networking, and Storage

The Intel Xeon 6 SoC (codenamed Granite Rapids-D, GNR-D) is targeted towards the virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN), edge server, networking, storage, and security segments. It targets two classes of compute requirements: one optimized towards compute and is aimed at scalar and data parallel workloads, which require low-latency, high-bandwidth memory, PCIe5 capabilities, and server-grade robustness, and the other optimized towards Edge SKUs, which require rugged operating conditions from −40°C to 85°C Tcase with full dynamic temperature range support. It offers confidential AI-enabled security and scales across different systems, supporting multiple enterprise-grade ethernet and accelerators [1].