Friday, December 6th 2024
Intel Xe3 "Celestial" Architecture is Complete, Hardware Team Moves on to Xe4 "Druid" Design
We have already confirmed that Intel is continuing the development of Arc gaming GPUs beyond the current Xe2 "Battlemage" series, with the new Xe3 "Celestial" architecture in the works. However, thanks to PCWorld's The Full Nerd podcast, Tom Petersen of Intel confirmed that the Xe3 IP has been finished, and the hardware teams are already working on the next Xe4 "Druid" GPU IP. "Our architects are way ahead of us, and they are already working on not the next thing but the next thing after the next thing," said Petersen, adding: "The way I would like to comment is our IP that's kind of called Xe3, which is the one after Xe2, that's pretty much baked, right. And so the software teams have a lot of work to do on Xe3. The hardware teams are off on the next thing, right. That's our cadence, that we need to keep going."
The base IP of next-generation Xe3 "Celestial" GPUs is done. That means the basic media engines, Xe cores, XMX matrix engines, ray tracing engines, and other parts of the gaming GPU are already designed and most likely awaiting trial fabrication. The software to support this Xe3 is also being developed while Intel's team is working on enabling more optimizations for the Xe2 "Battlemage" architecture, which we previewed recently. We assume that Intel's Xe GPU will now follow a stricter cadence of releases, with SKUs getting updated much faster, given that a lot is prepared for the future.
Source:
The Full Nerd Podcast (YouTube)
The base IP of next-generation Xe3 "Celestial" GPUs is done. That means the basic media engines, Xe cores, XMX matrix engines, ray tracing engines, and other parts of the gaming GPU are already designed and most likely awaiting trial fabrication. The software to support this Xe3 is also being developed while Intel's team is working on enabling more optimizations for the Xe2 "Battlemage" architecture, which we previewed recently. We assume that Intel's Xe GPU will now follow a stricter cadence of releases, with SKUs getting updated much faster, given that a lot is prepared for the future.
36 Comments on Intel Xe3 "Celestial" Architecture is Complete, Hardware Team Moves on to Xe4 "Druid" Design
Enthusiasts in entry market?
Whatever happened?
Xe2 40 cores 5 nm
Xe3 56 cores 3 nm
Xe4 64 cores 2 nm
There done. That wasn’t so hard.
On paper there’s a market and a big one for a 200-250€ gpu that can play all your gales neatly, in 1080/1440p and in good conditions. Steam surveys alone shows how much 3060, 1660 etc are used.
Reality:
Intel's 18A process, a node that is said to be a "turning point" for Intel Foundry, is now being said to feature only <10% yield rates.
www.techpowerup.com/329513/intel-18a-process-node-clocks-an-abysmal-10-yield-report
It's not coming to laptops for another year, at least.If the category is placed on the top, it must mean top performance in whatever category a graph relates to
This is why I "love" the word enthusiast. It can mean anything or nothing depending on who says it and in what context.
(PC) enthusiast = someone who likes PC stuff. It's not a product or product range. My spare 6500 XT can be an enthusiast card if I want it to be.
Remember, if you are a shareholder, you would not like to be mislead by such BS.
"Shame"(sarcasm on this one) Raja ain't there.