Alongside right this moment’s launch of Intel’s DG1-based Iris Xe MAX graphics for laptops, the corporate can be quietly confirming that DG1 will likely be coming to desktop video playing cards as nicely, albeit in a roundabout means.
Though nonetheless within the early phases, a hereto unnamed third social gathering has reached an settlement with Intel to supply DG1-based desktop playing cards. These playing cards, in flip, will likely be going into OEM desktop programs, and they’re anticipated to seem early subsequent 12 months.
The very transient assertion from Intel doesn’t comprise every other particulars. The firm isn’t saying something concerning the specs of the OEM desktop playing cards (e.g. clockspeeds), nor are they naming the third social gathering that will likely be making the playing cards, or any OEMs who may be utilizing the playing cards. For right this moment at the least, it is a easy notification that there will likely be OEM playing cards subsequent 12 months.
As for the marketplace for such playing cards, there are a few avenues. OEMs might determine to deal with the playing cards equally to how Iris Xe MAX is being positioned in laptops, which is to say as an inexpensive add-in accelerator for sure GPU-powered duties. Intel has baked a major quantity of video encode efficiency into the Xe-LP structure, so the playing cards might be positioned as video encode accelerators. This can be similar to Intel’s personal plans, as the corporate will likely be promoting a DG1-based video encode card for servers known as the SG1.
Alternatively, the third social gathering may be seeking to promote the DG1 card to OEMs as easy entry-level discrete graphics playing cards. Based on what we find out about Xe MAX for laptops, DG1 shouldn’t be anticipated to be considerably extra highly effective than Tiger Lake built-in graphics. However, as identified by our personal Dr. Ian Cutress, it ought to be bit higher than any comtemporary Atom’s built-in GPU.
Sadly, the OEM card most likely will not be as fancy as Intel’s DG1 growth card
