Intel has reportedly cancelled the development and production of its 512-core Diamond Rapids Xeon 7 CPU. Now, the all-E-Cores processor is to be replaced with another SKU with half that number, or 256-cores. Word about Intel’s supposed cancellation of its monster server-grade Xeon 7 CPU comes after reports initially said that the 512-core Diamond Rapids CPU was on schedule, back in April. Taking On The Red TeamServer CPUs: AMD Zen 6 Venice vs Intel Diamond Rapids Intel's upcoming server CPU Diamond Rapids just got spotted. Getting back to the 256-core Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids, the CPU is set to include four Compute tiles, which are known as Core Building Blocks (CBB).