Intel's DG1 discrete GPU is now in production, and high-end gaming GPU coming in 2021

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Intel held its Architecture Day event today, presented by lead architect Raja Koduri. The event covered a few areas Intel is investing in, including its Intel Xe graphics architecture and the technology inside the upcoming Tiger Lake processors.

If you've been following along, Intel began teasing its first discrete GPU in over 20 years all the way back in 2018, and the card was talked about again at this year's CES. This upcoming GPU, the DG1, is based on Intel's Xe-LP (low power) graphics architecture, and today Intel revealed that it's now in production, and that it's on track to begin shipping later this year. Developers can actually begin testing it today through Intel DevCloud. The Xe-LP architecture is also what power the graphics processing inside the upcoming Tiger Lake processors, which are expected to bring much better graphics performance compared to previous
generations. Intel also announced that its Xe-based server GPU, the SG1, will be available later this year.
 

But if what you're really looking for is a high-end GPU to compete with the likes of Nvidia's RTX family, Intel has good news for you, too. Today, it introduced the Xe-HPG architecture, geared at high-performance gaming. Intel says it's combining the performance-per-watt of the Xe-LP architecture with the scalability of the Xe-HP (high power) architecture, and the frequency optimization of the XE-HPC (high performance computing). This new architecture is combined with a memory subsystem based on GDDR6, and the card will also support ray tracing. Intel says it plans to start shipping the Xe-HPG architecture next year.

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