Intel Arc
Design firm | Intel |
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Manufacturer | TSMC |
Introduced | Q1 2022 |
Type | Consumer graphics cards |
Intel Arc[1][2] is a brand of graphics processing units designed by Intel. These are discrete GPUs mostly marketed for the high-margin PC gaming market. The brand also covers Intel's consumer graphics software and services.
Intel Arc is set to compete with Nvidia's GeForce and AMD's Radeon lines.[3] The first generation, codenamed "Alchemist", is set to be released by the first quarter of 2022. After Alchemist, three more generations are in development.[2][4]
Etymology[edit]
According to Intel, the brand is named after the concept of story arcs found in video games.[5]
Graphics processor generations[edit]
Alchemist[edit]
Developed under the previous codename "DG2", the first generation of Intel Arc GPUs (codenamed "Alchemist") is slated for release by the first quarter of 2022.[2][6] It will come in both add-on desktop card and laptop form factors. TSMC is set to manufacture the die, using the TSMC N6 process.[7]
Alchemist uses the Intel Xe GPU architecture, or more specifically, the Xe-HPG variant. Alchemist will support hardware-based ray tracing, XeSS or supersampling based on neural networks (similar to Nvidia DLSS), and DirectX 12 Ultimate.[2] Also supported is DisplayPort 2.0 and overclocking.
Intel confirmed ASTC support has been removed from hardware starting with Alchemist and future Intel Arc GPU microarchitectures will also not support it.[8]
Battlemage and succeeding generations[edit]
Intel also revealed future generations of Intel Arc GPUs under development:[4][7] Battlemage (based on Xe2), Celestial (based on Xe3), and Druid. Battlemage will succeed Alchemist.
References[edit]
- ^ "Intel® Arc™ Graphics – Let's Play". Intel. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ a b c d Smith, Ryan. "Intel Video Cards Get a Brand Name: Arc, Starting with "Alchemist" in Q1 2022". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Warren, Tom (2021-08-16). "Intel enters the PC gaming GPU battle with Arc". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ a b "Intel Introduces New High-Performance Graphics Brand: Intel Arc". Intel. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "Intel's Arc gaming GPU: Price, specs and availability". PCWorld. 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "Intel Names New Brand of GPUs That Will Hit Shelves Next Year". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ a b Cunningham, Andrew (2021-08-20). "Intel provides more details on its Arc GPUs, which will be made by TSMC". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/13206