Intel’s highest-performing Data Center GPU Max compute GPUs, codenamed Ponte Vecchio, will come in the form of OAM modules aimed at blade machines for supercomputing. The company is also prepping humble add-on cards that can go into mainstream servers and workstations. As it turns out, the graphics card relies on an auxiliary PCIe 5.0 power connector, according to an Intel video. It is unclear why Intel used a 12VHPWR power connector for its 300W card. Only Nvidia’s GeForce RTX and GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards use the 12VHWR power connectors. There have been 20 user reports of the 16-pin power adapter melting and three cases of the native 16 . . .
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