Sparkle confirms (and then denies) Intel Battlemage with 24GB memory

UPDATE: After information about a possible 24GB Intel Battlemage GPU by Sparkle circular on the Internet, the company issued a refuting statement that confirmed such a product. The company, however, specifically denies the possibility of a 24GB Intel Arc B580:

“Our department has never spread this news in any official way (including official networks, social media, press releases, etc.); Intel has never published any relevant information about a 24GB B580, which is purely fictional.”

As the capture of the original post shows, Sparkle indeed spoke of the product in social media, but now denies it. Apparently there was a disagreement in communication between the headquarters in Taiwan and China of the company. Anyway, the official position of the company is now that the product does not exist.

Via: WCCFTech

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Sparkle, one of Intel’s leading partners in its dedicated video signs segment, has confirmed that it prepares a 24GB capacity Battlemage. The company spoke directly from the future sign on one of its social networks in China, mentioning even a possible launch window.

The interaction took place at Bilibili, where an insider mentioned only “24GB”. Sparkle’s official account then asked “How do you know?” Basically confirming that the configuration is correct. Not only that, the company’s representative still adds that “the original plan was between May and June” for the release of Battlemage with more memory.

The way the post speaks of the “original plan”, however raises questions. It is difficult to know if the plan has changed, if there was any postponement, or even the cancellation of the product completely.

Remember that a 24GB Battlemage appears in rumors since December last year. At the time it was speculated that it would be a pro model, with extra memory to better deal with AI inference. However, confirmation from Sparkle could be an indicative that we could see a gaming -oriented plate even with the long -term memory.

The leakage of the highest capacity version of Battlemage still refers to the same GPU used in Intel Arc B570 and B580 models. Remember that the ARC B580 offers 12GB of GDDR6 memory, so the new model would be double.

But this configuration should not be confused with other rumors about a Battlemage GPU that Intel has not yet used in finished products, BMG-G31.

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