MaxSun has introduced two additional GPU variants to its Arc Pro B60 Dual GPU lineup. Each card features two of Intel's Arc Pro B60 GPUs, offering a total of 40 Xe2 cores and 48 GB of GDDR6 memory. The first variant is a passively cooled model designed for dual-slot configurations, ideal for server setups with high-airflow chassis that direct air across the card. This design allows any server case with high-RPM fans to accommodate multiple GPUs in parallel for AI inference and local development. However, the standout model is the liquid-cooled edition, measuring 300 x 110 x 20 mm and occupying a single slot. This compact profile is a distinct advantage of the water-cooled design, allowing several cards to be installed close together in dense enclosures without the need for strong airflow.

With the liquid-cooled edition, the card's TDP remains at 400 W, similar to the passive and fan-equipped versions. However, overall performance is expected to be slightly higher due to the increased stability that liquid cooling provides. The compact liquid-cooled unit was developed in collaboration with abee, and the company reports peak GPU temperatures around 61°C when integrated into a cooling loop, although other loop characteristics are unknown. It is assumed that standard industry loop measurements were conducted. Two hose barbs and a 12V-2x6 power connector are located on the rear edge, along with a fan header for auxiliary cooling control. A single-slot bracket offers one DisplayPort 1.2 and one HDMI 2.1a connector for each GPU, resulting in four display outputs in total. In a workstation, you could fit a few of these GPUs and quickly multiply the compute and memory capacity, creating a capable system even without a high-end GPU.

For most of us, when we think of Taiwanese company Sparkle, graphics cards come to mind first. So it came as quite a surprise when Sparkle just announced the C741-6U-Dual 16P servers packing no less than 16 Arc Pro B60 graphics cards—both in the single-GPU variant with 24 GB and the Arc Pro B60 Dual version with 48 GB. In this extreme Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU implementation, the server configuration delivers 81,920 GPU cores and 768 GB of VRAM. Sparkle uses a dedicated circuit that extends PCIe connectivity to 16 slots, giving each GPU its own PCIe 5.0 x8 interface. Both models use Intel Xeon Scalable processors from either 4th or 5th generation.

Such a setup needs an equally massive power delivery system. The 768 GB model uses five 2,700 W 80 Plus Titanium power supplies (4 + 1 redundancy) for a total of 10,800 W. The 384 GB VRAM variant uses four 2,400 W PSUs (3+1 redundancy) for 7,200 W total. For cooling, Sparkle went with classic air cooling using 15x 80 mm fans (or 12x 60 mm fans for the 384 GB variant). Both server models fit in a 6U chassis. Sparkle says they're targeting applications like Knowledge Management System and Retrieval, Multimodal RAG, or Intelligent Video Analysis.

Linux patches have already given us a "lot" of information (using "lot" generously there) on AMD's upcoming Vega graphics cards. I'd wager few enthusiasts would be looking towards a dual-GPU solution anymore - not with the mostly absent support from most recent games, of which Prey is a notable exception. Not unless there was some sort of hardware feature that exposed both dies as a single GPU for games and software to handle, but I'm entering the realm of joyous, hopeful thinking here.

Back to the facts, a May 10th Linux patch has added two more device ID's to a Vega family of products: 0x6864 and 0x6868. These additions bring the total number of Vega device ID's to a healthy 9, which is still less than Polaris' 12. This is in-line with the expected number of SKUs for Vega, which should be less than those available for Polaris.