2mo ago

Intel launches $299 Arc Pro B50 with 16GB of memory, 'Project Battlematrix' workstations with 24GB Arc Pro B60 GPUs

www.tomshardware.com

"While the B60 is designed for powerful 'Project Battlematrix' AI workstations sold as full systems ranging from $5,000 to $10,000, it will carry a roughly $500 per-unit price tag."

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2mo ago

Intel launches $299 Arc Pro B50 with 16GB of memory, 'Project Battlematrix' workstations with 24GB Arc Pro B60 GPUs

www.tomshardware.com /pc-components/gpus/intel-launches-usd299-arc-pro-b50-with-16gb-of-memory-project-battlematrix-workstations-with-24gb-arc-pro-b60-gpus

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2mo ago

Intel launches $299 Arc Pro B50 with 16GB of memory, 'Project Battlematrix' workstations with 24GB Arc Pro B60 GPUs

www.tomshardware.com /pc-components/gpus/intel-launches-usd299-arc-pro-b50-with-16gb-of-memory-project-battlematrix-workstations-with-24gb-arc-pro-b60-gpus

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$299 with 16gb of memory
So 450-500 dollars once they instantly go out of stock and nobody can find them anywhere. I want to be excited but MSRP has been a joke since covid. Either way, the cards look good. i hope they can iron out the driver issues this time around.
No they didn’t. Or at least no one will ever actually be able to purchase one. I’m still waiting on an in stock notification for the last one.
- Not sure where you are in the world, but I got a B580 from b&h in February without issues. Just checked the site once a day when I knew I wanted to buy one.
  
  That was where I signed up for stock alerts. The only alert I got was about the ASRock B580 no longer being carried, at all. I wanted one of the actual Intel cards for somewhere close to the MSRP not a card for 2x MSRP plus a bundled power supply.
~~Nice.~~ I always first look at the memory bandwidth if it's about AI. ~~And seems with a 224bit bus, they've done a better job than previous cards you'd find in that price segment.~~
- 224bit bus
  Where do you see that? I thought the die was 192-bit at most.
  There's is a specification for 224 GB/S.
  
  Thank you very much for the correct information. I googled it and took the number from some random pc news page. Either they got it wrong or I might need new glasses. Nonetheless, 128 or 192-bit is what Intel has on their website. I wish they'd do more for cards with 16GB of VRAM or more. I think two hundred and something GB/s is about what Nvidia, AMD and everyone already did in their previous generation of graphics cards.
SR-IOV?
Too bad IPEX-LLM is dragging their feet.
With what 3090s are going for, this is good.
What GDDR ICs are they using? If blackwell can top out at 96GB, seems like the Arch could do at least 32GB?
- I think it comes down to not having enough space on the board

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