Intel Xe: Difference between revisions
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A successor to Xe was revealed during Intel Architecture Day 2021, under the name of Xe 2, codenamed Battlemage. It is currently under development.{{cite web|last=Cunningham|first=Andrew|date=August 20, 2021|title=Intel provides more details on its Arc GPUs, which will be made by TSMC|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/intel-provides-more-details-on-its-arc-gpus-which-will-be-made-by-tsmc/|access-date=August 29, 2021|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}} In an exclusive Interview with HardwareLuxx Tom Peterson confirmed that Xe2 will be segmented into “Xe2-LPG” (Low Power Graphics) for [[integrated GPU|integrated GPUs]] and “Xe2-HPG” (High Performane Graphics) for [[Graphics card|discrete GPUs]].{{cite web |title=Treiber-Versprechen und mehr: Intel reduziert den Preis der Arc A750 |url=https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/news/hardware/grafikkarten/60358-treiber-versprechen-und-mehr-intel-reduziert-den-preis-der-arc-a750.html |website=HardwareLuxx |access-date=February 6, 2023 |language=german |date=February 1, 2023}}
A successor to Xe was revealed during Intel Architecture Day 2021, under the name of Xe 2, codenamed Battlemage. It is currently under development.{{cite web|last=Cunningham|first=Andrew|date=August 20, 2021|title=Intel provides more details on its Arc GPUs, which will be made by TSMC|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/intel-provides-more-details-on-its-arc-gpus-which-will-be-made-by-tsmc/|access-date=August 29, 2021|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}} In an exclusive with HardwareLuxx Tom Peterson confirmed that Xe2 will be segmented into “Xe2-LPG” (Low Power Graphics) for [[integrated GPU|integrated GPUs]] and “Xe2-HPG” (High Performane Graphics) for [[Graphics card|discrete GPUs]].{{cite web |title=Treiber-Versprechen und mehr: Intel reduziert den Preis der Arc A750 |url=https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/news/hardware/grafikkarten/60358-treiber-versprechen-und-mehr-intel-reduziert-den-preis-der-arc-a750.html |website=HardwareLuxx |access-date=February 6, 2023 |language=german |date=February 1, 2023}}
== Intel Xe 3 ==
== Intel Xe 3 ==
Intel GPU architecture
Intel Xe (stylized as Xe and pronounced as two separate letters,[1] abbreviation for “eXascale for everyone”[2]), earlier known unofficially as Gen12,[3][4] is a GPU architecture developed by Intel.[5]
Intel Xe includes a new instruction set architecture. The Xe GPU family consists of a series of microarchitectures, ranging from integrated/low power (Xe-LP),[6] to enthusiast/high performance gaming (Xe-HPG), datacenter/high performance (Xe-HP) and high performance computing (Xe-HPC).[7][8]
History[edit]
Intel’s first attempt at a dedicated graphics card was the Intel740,[9] released in February 1998. The Intel740 was considered unsuccessful due to its performance which was lower than market expectations, causing Intel to cease development on future discrete graphics products. However, its technology lived on in the Intel Extreme Graphics lineup.[10] Intel made another attempt with the Larrabee architecture before canceling it in 2009;[11] this time, the technology developed was used in the Xeon Phi, which was discontinued in 2020.[12]
In April 2018, it was reported that Intel was assembling a team to develop discrete graphics processing units, targeting both datacenters, as well as the PC gaming market, and therefore competitive with products from both Nvidia and AMD.[13] Rumors supporting the claim included that the company had vacancies for over 100 graphics-related jobs, and had taken on former Radeon Technologies Group (AMD) leader Raja Koduri in late 2017 – the new product was reported to be codenamed “Arctic Sound”.[13] The project was reported to have initially been targeting video streaming chips for data centers, but had its scope expanded to include desktop GPUs.[13]
In June 2018, Intel confirmed it planned to launch a discrete GPU in 2020.[14]
The first functional discrete “Xe” GPU, codenamed “DG1”, was reported as having begun testing in October 2019.[15]
According to a report by Hexus in late 2019, a discrete GPU would launch in mid 2020; combined GPU/CPU (GPGPU) products were also expected, for data center and autonomous driving applications. The product was expected to initially be built on a 10 nm node (with 7 nm products in 2021) and use Intel’s Foveros die stacking packaging technology (see 3D die stacking).[16] During 2020, the first GPUs were released under the name Intel Iris Xe Max, being integrated in the 11th generation Intel Core processors (codenamed “Tiger Lake” and “Rocket Lake“),[4] followed in 2021 by the Iris Xe DG1 card, exclusive to Intel OEM manufacturers.[17] Finally and after some delays, the retail launch of these first discrete graphics cards from the company in over 20 years,…
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