Friday, February 4th 2022
Intel Arc "Alchemist" PCB Closeup Shows Up on Intel Graphics Discord
Intel put out a clear, close-up picture of its Arc "Alchemist" gaming graphics card engineering sample. This matches with a picture of the PCB rear shot that surfaced in a report by "Moore's Law is Dead." The picture reveals a PCB that's about 3/4th the length of the cooling solution, with the remainder of the cooler's length being used to directly vent airflow from the back.
The PCB reveals a rectangular pad for the GPU, which corresponds with that of the larger "Alchemist" GPU. This is surrounded by what look like eight GDDR6 memory pads for a 256-bit wide memory interface; at least 10 VRM phases of an unknown configuration; and a power input configuration that's made up of one each of 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors (capable of delivering 300 W including slot power). The PCB shows traces that connect the GPU to all 16 PCI-Express lanes of the PCIe finger. Display outputs include three full-size DisplayPorts and an HDMI. This particular variant of "Alchemist" is rumored to feature 512 execution units (4,096 unified shaders), and at least in SiSoft SANDRA, it allegedly outperforms the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti "Ampere."
Source:
SquashBionic (Twitter)
The PCB reveals a rectangular pad for the GPU, which corresponds with that of the larger "Alchemist" GPU. This is surrounded by what look like eight GDDR6 memory pads for a 256-bit wide memory interface; at least 10 VRM phases of an unknown configuration; and a power input configuration that's made up of one each of 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors (capable of delivering 300 W including slot power). The PCB shows traces that connect the GPU to all 16 PCI-Express lanes of the PCIe finger. Display outputs include three full-size DisplayPorts and an HDMI. This particular variant of "Alchemist" is rumored to feature 512 execution units (4,096 unified shaders), and at least in SiSoft SANDRA, it allegedly outperforms the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti "Ampere."
54 Comments on Intel Arc "Alchemist" PCB Closeup Shows Up on Intel Graphics Discord
No more hype intel, for the love of humanity. It's been hyped to kingdom come and back. Twice. Just... shut up until release.
This appears to be functioning hardware, all we have left is for Intel to make working drivers.
Seeing this i wonder how compact the smaller models will be. But knowing AIB's they wil problably slap a triple-slot, triple fan cooler in there that hangs over the PCB.
See what's going on.
I would take a narrabee right now any day too or knightsferry and that's not even a GPU.
It's silicon though and this habbit needs it's meth.
Hurry valve, I needs.