Chips and hardware · Data centers and energy
Intel unveils GPU D270, an AI card with up to 480 GB of memory
At the OCP Global Summit, which opened October 12, Intel gave its Crescent Island data center GPU, first announced last year, a product name and full specs: GPU D270. Built only for AI inference, the card has 32 Xe3P cores and, according to Intel, delivers 1.3 petaflops of FP8 compute and 1.5 TB/s of memory bandwidth in an air-cooled, 350-watt design. Intel’s own card carries 160 GB of LPDDR5X memory, while partners can build versions with up to 480 GB. Choosing LPDDR5X over HBM buys capacity but leaves bandwidth well below HBM-based accelerators. Intel says a single card can run models of up to 300 billion parameters. Customer sampling is underway; pricing and a launch date have not been announced.
Sources
- Intel Newsroom, “Intel Accelerates Open Infrastructure for the Agentic AI Era”, OCP announcement: 160 GB / 480 GB LPDDR5X, 1.3 PFLOPS FP8, 1.5 TB/s, 350 W (intel.com)
- Intel, “Intel® GPU D270 │ Inference-Optimized Data Center GPU”, Product page and image source (intel.com)
- ServeTheHome, “Intel’s Crescent Island AI Server GPU Gets a Name and Specs: Meet the Intel GPU D-Series”, No launch date or price, (servethehome.com)
- StorageReview, “Intel GPU D-Series Packs 480GB LPDDR5X and 1.3 PFLOPS FP8 into a 350W PCIe Card”, Bandwidth well below HBM-class accelerators, (storagereview.com)
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