Intel Xe, 512 EU and TDP GPUs up to 500W for datacenter variants rumor

After the first official images of DG1, Intel's first architecture-based dedicated graphics card Xe, many are waiting to learn more about the technical characteristics of the company's new GPUs, solutions that will cover all market segments and that in the server segment could make their debut by the end of the year. In this regard, the portal DigitalTrends has published what seems to all intents and purposes an internal Intel slide, a very interesting document at first glance that seems to clarify some key features of these graphics cards.

Stressing that we cannot 100% confirm the authenticity of the slide, the data emerged refer to a solution in particular called Arctic Sound, a name we had already heard of in April 2018 and that in some way could indicate a product in an advanced stage of development.

According to what emerges from the following slide, Intel Xe graphics cards will use a multi-chip design (or better MCM – Multi Chip Module) with some modules called "Tile"; the number of tiles should vary according to the price range and the area of ​​use / TDP (1,2 or 4), each tile instead should integrate 128 EU (remember that Intel DG1 offers 96 EU).

Arcitc Sound in particular will be equipped with an architecture of up to 4 Tiles for a total of 512EU, a graphics card so configured could offer a maximum of 4096 processing units (see Cuda Core / Stream Processor). However, the data that strikes us is the TDP, a good 400 / 500W for a solution that among other things will need one voltage of 48 volts, a feature that we can obviously find only on the server platform.

In essence, Intel could articulate its proposal in three basic solutions, four if we take into account the DG1 model which basically has a single EU 96 tile architecture.

• Data Center: up to 4 tiles / 512 EU / 4096 cores / TDP 400-500W
• High end / wokstation: 2 Tile / 256 EU / 2048 core / TPD 300W
• Mid-range: 1 Tile / 128EU / 1024 core / TDP 150W
• Low end (Intel DG1): 1 Tile / 96 EU / 768 core / TDP 75W