Thursday, October 22nd 2020
Intel Confirms Iris Xe MAX Brand for Company's Next-Gen Discrete Graphics
Intel in its Q3-2020 earnings release unveiled the Iris Xe MAX brand under which it will launch its first discrete GPUs in over two decades. The company also disclosed that it has started shipping the product (i.e. commenced mass production and started shipping volumes to its partners). The first Iris Xe MAX discrete GPU is expected to be based on the Xe LP architecture, and we expect it to target the mobile market, as the likes of ASUS has already developed ultraportables featuring the discrete GPU. Intel unveiled a proof-of-concept of an asymmetric explicit multi-GPU technology which could see the Iris Xe iGPU of the 11th Gen Core "Tiger Lake" processor work in tandem with a discrete GPU based on the same architecture, which is now turning out to be the Iris Xe MAX. We expect the Iris Xe MAX to make life miserable to entry-level mobile dGPUs from NVIDIA and AMD.
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BTW is there any word on asymmetric explicit multi-GPU desktop support?
We sorely need competition in the GPU space, the pretend competition that AMD and Nvidia are having isn't actually good for consumers. Beyond $150 for an 8GB RX570, there's very little that's actually a reasonable upgrade without sacrificing a serious amount of performance/$. GTX 1060 owners are still wondering what's supposed to be a meaningful upgrade to their $240 purchase from almost four years ago.
which reminds me. ran into this channel this year. the OGs of vlogging.
Eric & Darrell www.youtube.com/channel/UCg9TEcckNPAh9il4DYfqMwQ