Intel’s canceled Arctic Sound 2T GPU appears with dual Xe-HP tiles
Unreleased Xe-HP sample shows up years later.
© Chips by their layers An engineering sample of Intel’s canceled Arctic Sound 2T GPU has appeared online. The card was part of Intel’s Xe-HP lineup, which was shown before Intel decided not to release the architecture as a commercial product.
The sample was posted by Chips by their layers on X, who says the order was for a Ponte Vecchio accelerator but what arrived was something else: an Arctic Sound HP tiled chip instead. The visible package shows two compute tiles and four HBM2E memory sites. The package also carries “Intel Confidential” and “QVS8 1.00 GHz” markings.
Source: Chips by their layers
This is not the first time Arctic Sound 2T has been shown. Intel’s former GPU boss Raja Koduri showcased this very chip in 2021, when Intel’s Xe-HP accelerators were pictured with 1-tile and 2-tile configurations. The 2T model was reported with 480 EUs per tile, 32GB of HBM2E memory and a 300W TDP.
Well that wasn't what I ordered, I wanted PonteVecchio. Turns out some of the Arctic Sound HP tiled chips made it into engineering samples that got into the wild. Never thought I'd see one of these after they got memory holed. pic.twitter.com/31HdBSHWTg
— Chips by their layers (@ChipsByLayers) June 14, 2026
Intel later confirmed that Xe-HP would not become a commercial product. Raja Koduri said at the time that Intel used Xe-HP for its oneAPI DevCloud and as a software development vehicle for oneAPI and Aurora. Intel instead moved forward with Xe-HPG for gaming GPUs and Xe-HPC for Ponte Vecchio.
Intel Xe-HP GPUs, Source: Intel
The owner says the card is a double-height, full-length and full-width PCIe design. The card has no drivers, so it’s not even working right now. But that’s not the only problem. Apparently, Chips by their layers knocked off some capacitors while removing the IHS.
Source: Chips by their layers , Wccftech
