An entry for Intel Xe DG1 graphics has appeared in the SiSoftware database, alongside a leaked slide suggesting the GPU is aimed at the laptop market. This new entry confirms some specifications of Intel's upcoming chip, including the video memory, number of execution units, and shader processors. According to the …
Read More »Intel’s Raja Koduri hints at June 2020 release for Xe graphics
There's been a slow and steady trickle of news surrounding Intel's upcoming Xe graphics cards. First, the company hired former AMD employee Raja Koduri, while Nvidia's Tom Peterson also jumped ship last April. In May, we learned that Xe graphics would support ray tracing, and now a tweet by Raja Koduri …
Read More »Intel approached AMD about access to Mantle
Intel Corp. has asked its arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices to provide it access to the Mantle application programming interface (API), AMD said last week. While in its current form Mantle can hardly bring any tangible benefits to Intel, the latter could redesign the API in order to allow software developers …
Read More »Intel to boost graphics performance of Skylake chips by 50 per cent
Intel Corp. has been consistently improving performance of its integrated graphics cores for several years now and the code-named Skylake family of microprocessors will not be an exception. According to an unofficial media report, the Skylake will bring a rather dramatic improvement in terms of graphics processing performance compared to …
Read More »Exclusive Interview with Richard Huddy from Intel at GDC
When Lisa Graff, Intel VP for the Desktop Client Platforms Group, recently told KitGuru about her plans for 2014/2015, the focus was clearly on reinventing the desktop. As KitGuru reported a while back, there will be a resurgence on desktop for Intel going forward, which we believe will peak around …
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