News Intel Data Center Max GPU Embraces 16-pin Power Connector

[Admin]

Intel's Ponte Vecchio GPUs adopt the 12VHPWR PCIe 5.0 power connector.

Intel Data Center Max GPU Embraces 16-pin Power Connector : Read more

 

[Exploding PSU]

I love the serious, no-nonsense designs of datacenter / HPC / professional-grade GPUs, they really look like serious piece of kits. No extra garnish or unnecessary plastic parts.

 

[GustavoVanni]

I love the serious, no-nonsense designs of datacenter / HPC / professional-grade GPUs, they really look like serious piece of kits. No extra garnish or unnecessary plastic parts.

Yeah... and no fans too!!

 

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It is unclear why Intel used a 12VHPWR power connector for its 300W card.

It is the CEM 5.0 and ATX 3.0 connector for future GPUs and other devices requiring more than what slot power can deliver. Unless the 4090 saga ends with a recall, it will become the standard connector for anything over 70W some number of years from now. Datacenter simply has the benefit of "backwards compatibility" not mattering much since most new servers ship with all-new everything.

Yeah... and no fans too!!

A silent GPU!
(At least so long as you don't count the 2U chassis' 8000+RPM blowiematrons between the front drive bays and the motherboard.)

 

[edzieba]

Currently, only Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4080 (due to be released on November 16) use the 12VHPWR power connectors

And the 3090Ti, which has been shipping with them for months.

 

[TJ Hooker]

And the 3090Ti, which has been shipping with them for months.

Not to mention the rest of the RTX 3K FE cards, whose 12 pin connector is essentially identical to the 12VHPWR connector (just missing the sense pins).

 

[RichardtST]

My Mom used to tell me: "Just because everyone else is jumping off a cliff doesn't mean that you should too."

 

[russell_john]

Intel's Ponte Vecchio GPUs adopt the 12VHPWR PCIe 5.0 power connector.

Intel Data Center Max GPU Embraces 16-pin Power Connector : Read more

Intel were the ones that pushed PCI-SIG for this in the first place ..... Nvidia was simply the first to adopt it but THEY DID NOT DESIGN IT