Today, the media website VideoCardz exposed some new photos of Intel Arc Graphics engineering prototypes and confirmed in detail the I/O interface configuration of Intel Arc Series graphics.
According to the exposed photos, this Intel Arc graphics engineering sample uses a dual-fan thermal solution. Judging from the exposed tail photo, it also uses an I/O configuration of 3 DP interfaces + 1 HDMI interface.
According to previous revelations, Intel is adding the DP 2.0 standard to its driver patches. What is certain is that the first generation of Arc graphics cards code-named "Alchemist" will be the first to carry the DP 2.0 interface.
In addition, according to the exposed backplane photos, this graphics card reserves up to 8 memory solder positions, so this card can reach a maximum of 16GB of video memory. In terms of power supply, this card is equipped with a 6+8pin power interface, but from the perspective of space, the dual 8pin power interface is more than enough.
It is reported that Intel ARC unique display based on Xe-HPG GPU core design, the specific product code name "Alchemist" (alchemist), up to 512 sets of EU units, 4096 cores, with 256-bit 16GB GDDR6 video memory, performance is expected to reach the level of RTX 3070 or even RTX 3070 Ti graphics card.
At this year's CES show, Intel announced that the series of graphics cards has won product design support for more than 50 notebooks and desktops, and Intel's own latest generation of NUC minicomputers will also be equipped. The graphics card will be available as soon as the first quarter of this year.