Intel is proactively getting more viral on their pending desktop GPU, based on Xe-HPG architecture. Yesterday they posted a teaser video on Twitter, and in it, you could see some binary numbers, and that is a hidden message.
Last week you've already seen a photo of an engineering sample running 3DMark. This teaser itself is nothing special really, while Intel's Xe-HPG architecture is expected to launch by the end of 2021, so I guess we can expect virals for close to a year. Intel has not shared details on its architecture but Xe-HPG DG2 is rumored to see three different GPUs: 512EU, 384EU, and 128EU. Multiply the numbers and you'll get a maximum of 4096 Shader processors. Which currently is the high-end but not enthusiast domain.
Now that hidden message though.
Above you can see a series of 0 and 1's. That's binary, run it through a binary translator, and you'll get 35160237208 for the first part, that's an IP that translates to 35.160.237.208, and that leads to xehpg.intel.com.
The second part is solved as well and is 2 sets of coordinates, combined they lead to the Niagra Falls with 43.0823N (Solved coordinates), 79.0731W (Solved coordinates), 00100011 (Solved ip address scavenger hunt website):
- 10100000
- 11101101
- 11010000
When you load up that domain you'll see a tease scavenger hunt, starting March 26th.
Intel posts Xe-HPG discrete gaming GPU teaser (with hidden message pointing to domain)
