Intel Xe GPUs to be built by TSMC

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You pre-ordering an Intel Xe graphics card too?

"If this rumor is true, the implications are tremendous. So far, spec leaks and Intel's own official reveal indicate that the DG1 is an entry to mid-range GPU that's behind Nvidia and AMD on the efficiency front. A second-generation Xe part built on the 6nm process could allow Intel to finally reclaim process leadership. Larger second-gen Xe GPUs with 192-plus EUs, clocked in the 2 GHz range, could give AMD and Nvidia serious trouble in 2021 onwards."

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel...TSMC-following-the-10nm-debacle.456507.0.html
 
erek said:
GiGaBiTe excited?
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I mean if it's not a potato and actually gets an RTM (unlike vaporware Larabee), anything is good to get rid of the current duopoly. In the 90s we had over a dozen video chip companies.

S3, 3D Labs, Number Nine Visual Technology, Hercules, 3dfx, Neo Magic, Matrox, SiS, Oak Technology, OPTi, Rendition, Tseng Labs, C&T and more.

Now we just have two big players; One gouges you for performance, the other is reasonable but has shit drivers. Intel IGPs are just junk for basic graphical output.
 
Can't wait to patch all of the near-future vulnerabilities in these, and pay 100% MSRP for 60-80% of the original performance after the patches! :D
Really though, hoping these will have a good use for GPGPU and/or HPC applications - fingers crossed.
 
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lostinseganet said:
I want to see 3-4 gpus on one board like the ASUS EAH3850 Trinity. I want to relive the hype (^_^)
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Lest we forget about the 7900 GX2 :D

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Makes perfect sense to go to the outside fab for GPUs. Especially if you know your first few product cycles are going to be dogs. Easier to contract out a small handful of parts, rather then tool up an entire fab line or worse a brand new factory for stuff you know isn't going to move in volume for 3-4 years at best assuming your designers can learn from their mistakes fast enough to make something that will sell.
 
ChadD said:
Makes perfect sense to go to the outside fab for GPUs. Especially if you know your first few product cycles are going to be dogs. Easier to contract out a small handful of parts, rather then tool up an entire fab line or worse a brand new factory for stuff you know isn't going to move in volume for 3-4 years at best assuming your designers can learn from their mistakes fast enough to make something that will sell.
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I read that the igp & DG1 (which is a test product for developers to test drivers) would be intel's CPU fabs (DG1 could be an apu with CPU disabled)

Discrete gaming GPU would be from TSMC

HPC compute card could be from Intel's new (as yet not ready) fab because that is the ultimate prize
 
I would be more surprised if they weren't doing this thorough TSMC. The have no available advanced fab output, and 14nm would make it too big.
 
dgz said:
I had forgotten this junk.

"If you're an enthusiast, you can just dump your money in the hole over there"
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haha, I do remember those were the very first GPUs that could successfully play F.E.A.R. at 2560x1600 at 60fps properly.
Things have a improved a bit since then. :D
 
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