PCB images have emerged, which are said to belong to the new artificial intelligence accelerator codenamed Crescent Island, which Intel will put into use in the data center. The leak shows for the first time the large GPU die with According to the company’s official statement, this GPU is being developed for artificial intelligence inference workloads. Crescent Island combines the Xe3P microarchitecture, 160 GB LPDDR5X memory and a power-cost-oriented design suitable for air-cooled enterprise servers.
Intel expects customer sampling to begin in the second half of 2026. The new leak revealed the first images of the physical design of the card. In PCB images shared by YuuKi_AnS and relayed by Wccftech and TweakTown, the Crescent Island accelerator appears to be shaped around a large Xe3P GPU die. According to the leak, the GPU occupies a significantly larger area than Intel’s Xe2-based BMG-G31 design. The most striking part on the card is the memory layout.
According to the information provided, there are a total of 20 LPDDR5X memory locations on the PCB. 12 of these are on the front of the card and 8 on the back. It is stated that each module offers 8 GB capacity, and the total amount of memory reaches 160 GB. It is noteworthy that Intel has turned to LPDDR5X memory instead of HBM here. NVIDIA and AMD are moving forward with high-end AI accelerators with HBM3E memory on the data center side.
On the other hand, Intel strikes a different balance on cost and power consumption by using LPDDR5X in Crescent Island. Intel’s official statement also states that the card is optimized in terms of power and cost for air-cooled corporate servers. A high-level power distribution structure is also seen in the leaked PCB design. According to the information shared, there are a total of 18 VRM positions on the card, and it is reported that 13 of them appear to be filled.
There is a single 16 pin power connection on the back of the card. It is estimated that the USB Type-C port seen on the side is used for the testing and development process. Crescent Island does not come as a gaming-oriented Arc graphics card. Intel positions this product as a data center GPU and focuses on artificial intelligence inference. This distinction is important; because the card is designed to run pre-trained models efficiently rather than training large models.
Intel’s statement states that different data types are supported and that the product is suitable for inference workloads with tokens-as-a-service providers. The final clock speeds, power limit, performance values and pricing of Crescent Island have not yet been announced. Although the PCB leak gives important clues about the design of the board, this information does not confirm all the technical features of the final product.
The clear schedule Intel currently shares is limited to customer sampling for Crescent Island starting in the second half of 2026.
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