Intel Xe Leak: Graphics cards with multiple GPUs - Ultimate Guide

According to the leaked details Intel could soon make the release of one or two dedicated GPUs, with boards containing multiple graphics processing units. The details filtered by WCCFtech, detail the range of Intel's "Xe" GPU.

The leaks show us "Xe Unleashed", which shows Intel's plans to create graphics cards with multiple GPUs on a single board, this is not something totally new, what is not yet known exactly is what would be the performance of a card with these characteristics. The idea of ​​the company is to make the GPUs connect so that their operation at the hardware level is the best.

The information on the slide tells us that Intel is trying to do everything about multiple GPUs using its new architecture, called Xe, and a software layer that is calling OneAPI, which will serve as a messenger between the chips and a Direct3D layer.

This would presumably help developers not have to worry about making software run on multiple GPUs, because OneAPI is able to get Xe processing units to appear as a strong GPU, which will also allow Xe GPUs to be extended to include more graphics processors in a single plate.

According to the leaked information the launch of "Xe 2" is planned for June 31, 2020, followed by the launch of other graphics cards with several GPUs such as the quad-GPU Xe 4 in 2021, and by 2024 a graphics card could be launched of eight GPUs, but that's still a few years away.

Xe 2 will presumably have a standard mode for the dual GPU configuration to run at moderate speeds for most users, with a turbo boost mode by means of an update for enthusiasts, this would allow opting first for the standard appearance and then updating it according to the needs. This would help lower production costs for Intel.

WCCFtech that the prices of possible new releases from Intel, could be quite similar to those of the Nvidia and AMD GPUs.

The Xe 2 would cost a maximum of $ 699 and would be composed of a process node of 7 nanometers, 12,288 flow processors, a speed of 1,600MHz to 2,718MHz, 32GB of 4P XPoint memory with a bandwidth of 8 TB / s , with peak performance that reaches 66.8TFLOPs and a thermal design power of 350W.

But as we mentioned several times, these are only alleged leaks, up to the moment and is the most normal, Intel has not made any pronouncement on the subject, likewise the waiting time is not so short, but if we want to know how True, we will have to wait.