The Intel Xe GPU architecture is ambitious, from entry-level nuclear graphics to top-of-the-line accelerated computing cards.
Among them, Xe HPC's high-performance computing architecture's first product code name Ponte Vecchio, the first batch of 10 billion subcomputer "Aurora" for the U.S. Department of Energy, will be shipped later this year as planned, and competitors include Intel Hopper H100 and AMD CDNA2 Instinct MI200 series.
It is manufactured using five different processes such as Intel 7 and TSMC N7/N5, with more than 100 billion transistors, integrated up to 63 Tile unit modules (47 functions), a total package area of 4844 square millimeters, and an overall power consumption of up to 600W.
According to the latest exposure of the god MLID, the next generation of Ponte Vecchio has surfaced, code-named "Rialto Bridge", or taken from the Italian bridge name.
Ponte Vecchio is the Vecchio Bridge in Florence, meaning "Ponte Vecchio", a medieval stone bridge spanning the Arno River. For centuries, various shops have lined up on both sides of the bridge, and most now sell jewelry.
Rialto Brideg is the most famous of Venice's more than 400 bridges, the Rialto Bridge, and the symbol of Venice, also known as the Commercial Bridge, all made of white marble.
The bridge is 48 meters long, 22 meters wide, 7 meters high from the water, supported at both ends by 12,000 wooden stakes inserted into the water, and the middle of the bridge is built with a pavilion, which was once the commercial center of Europe for 300 years, flanked by more than 20 jewelry shops and souvenir stalls, and is one of the most important commercial districts in Venice.
Built in 1180 as a wooden bridge and later converted into a suspension bridge, the Rialto Bridge was broken during a celebration in 1444 and rebuilt into the current stone bridge in 1580-1592.
It is worth mentioning that Shakespeare's famous play "The Merchant of Venice" is set on this bridge.
Speaking of half-bridges, nothing is known about the specific information of The Rialto Bridge, and speculation may be based on the next generation of Xe HPC architecture, which is not expected to be released until 2024.
At that time, NVIDIA will have a B100 based on the next-generation Blackwell architecture, and AMD will have the INSTINCT MI300 series based on the CNDA3 architecture, and the competition will be more intense.