Intel 7nm Xe GPU is named Ponte Vecchio

The codename of the 7nm Intel Xe datacenter GPU hit the web. At a private meeting, Intel revealed to the press that this chip is internally known as "Ponte Vecchio", which is an old stone bridge located in Florence, Italy. The name is a reference to the interconnection between the GPUs, the Compute Express Link (CXL).

The Ponte Vecchio GPUs will be used in Project Aurora an exascale-class supercomputer for the US Department of Energy. This system will also feature the "Sapphire Rapids" Xeon CPUs. More details about Aurora will be revealed on November 17 so perhaps we can expect some more info about Xe soon.

Intel Ponte Vecchio is not a gaming GPU. The first Xe graphics are for exascale computing. On November 17th Intel will share details on the project “Aurora”. This exascale computer features Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs, Ponte Vecchio GPUs and Intel’s new initiative called oneAPI (unified programming model).

In the new press deck (that we have totally not seen) Intel claims that Ponte Vecchio will use Foveros packing technology and will utilize CLX interconnection (this was already known). What’s new is that they confirmed that the Xe graphics feature: ultra-high cache and high memory bandwidth. Intel Ponte Vecchio will also have high double-precision FP throughput.

The first GPUs from Intel are expected in 2020 but we still know little about what the company has in store for the gaming market.

Via: VideoCardz