Intel stock rises 0.87% in premarket trading. Intel has launched two models of its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator tailored for the Chinese market.
The disclosure of these two models, known as the HL-328 and HL-388, available for sale in China, is outlined in Intel's Gaudi 3 whitepaper released on April 9. These processors, designed specifically for China, come in the OAM and PCIe form factors, with the HL-328 set to launch in June and the HL-388 in September, alongside the other PCIe form-factor Gaudi 3.
In terms of specifications, both the HL-328 and HL-388 resemble their counterparts, featuring 128GB of HBM2e VRAM with 3.7TB/s of bandwidth, 96MB of cache, PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, and standard decoding capabilities.
Although not explicitly mentioned in the whitepaper, it's highly likely that these modifications were made to comply with the U.S. government's export controls on processors.
In recent years, the United States has been escalating tech battle by cutting China off from AI chips. The Biden administration is tightening rules to keep advanced chips and manufacturing gear out of China, seeking to close loopholes that might help the world’s second largest economy and its geopolitical rival gain cutting-edge technologies.