Gigabyte's 40th-anniversary motherboards use space tech and 64-phase VRMs

Gigabyte is marking its 40th year with special-edition motherboards unveiled at Computex, led by the X870E Aorus Infinity Next. The company bills the design as flagship engineering that combines space-tech and data center-grade approaches through rocket thruster-grade thermal materials and advanced 3D metal printing technology.

The board's VRMs use Infineon OptiMOS components not normally found on consumer-grade boards, and there are 64 power phases supplying a total of 5,120 A. That total far exceeds what any current CPU is likely to draw, so while it may add to the price, the VRMs should remain well within their limits regardless of the Ryzen installed.

Cooling focuses on an AI Gyroid M.2 heatsink structure enabled by 3D metal printing, which Gigabyte says increases cooling surface area by up to 44 percent. Together with a 3D-printed vapor chamber and a honeycomb-structured metal backplate, the company claims the design pushes thermal engineering beyond traditional limits.

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