https://wccftech.com/intel-confirms-sapphire-rapids-xeon-cpu-delay-will-now-compete-with-amd-epyc-genoa-in-late-2022/

Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and AI Group at Intel Corporation, displays a wafer holding 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) before the opening of Intel Vision 2022 on May 10 in Dallas. During the hybrid event, Intel’s leaders will announce advancements across silicon, software and services, showcasing how Intel brings together technologies and the ecosystem to unlock business value for customers today and in the future. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)

Intel's Data Center Group (DCG) seems to have made a habit of delaying products over and over again as their latest Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs have been confirmed to be pushed back and the volume ramp is now expected later than originally forecasted.