Intel stock rose after the chipmaker unveiled rack-scale AI infrastructure featuring Intel Xeon 6+ processors at Computex 2026.

Intel debuted rack-scale AI infrastructure with its Intel Xeon 6+ processors at the Computex 2026 tech conference in Taiwan. The company's shares rose 4.29% on Wednesday following the announcement.

Intel's next-generation data center CPUs are designed for inference (the step where a trained AI model produces answers) and agentic workloads (tasks where AI systems make decisions autonomously), and are intended to be energy-efficient and cost-effective for AI-focused customers.

Intel stated that the shift from AI model training to inference is "changing the balance of power in the data center, returning the CPU to a position of prominence," positioning CPUs as an alternative to graphics processing units (GPUs) which have dominated AI training.

The announcement comes after Nvidia entered the personal computer CPU market earlier in the week with its RTX Spark superchip, which combines Nvidia's Blackwell GPU with its Grace CPU.