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Intel "Crescent Island" GPU Die Shows Up: 32 Xe3P Cores and 256 XMX Engines

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Intel recently announced its D-series "Crescent Island" inference graphics cards, based on the Xe3P GPU microarchitecture, with the D270 being the highest-end SKU.

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