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At Computex 2026, Intel unveiled its Crescent Island data center GPU, a product that deliberately diverges from the prevailing AI hardware strategy by using LPDDR5X memory instead of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), in response to the current HBM supply shortage. Built on the Xe3P architecture, the chip

According to reports from the Financial Times, Intel plans to begin limited shipments of its new 'Crescent Island' AI inference GPU by the end of 2026, following an 18-month development cycle. The chip uses air cooling and LPDDR5 memory instead of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), targeting inference wor

At Computex 2026, Intel unveiled further details about its long-awaited next-generation data center GPU, code-named Crescent Island. Built on the Xe3P architecture, the chip is designed for 'agentic AI' and supports a broad range of data types from FP4 to FP64, making it suitable for both high-perfo

Intel has introduced Crescent Island, a data center GPU designed specifically for AI inference tasks. Unlike NVIDIA's Blackwell chips that rely on expensive and scarce HBM, Crescent Island uses LPDDR5X memory, enabling air-cooled operation at 350W. This approach targets cost-sensitive cloud operator