Despite the failure of the first generation of dedicated graphics cards, Intel doesn’t seem to be giving up and has confirmed its engineering teams are actively working on next-generation GPUs.
In an interview conducted by PCWorld, a technical team representative at Intel Arc, Tom Peterson, said that the company’s next-generation GPU called Arc Battlemage Xe2 is being developed and Intel is also working on the next-generation GPU. The next one is called Calestial Xe3. Peterson added that users will not have to wait long to see the Arc Battlemage Xe2 appear on the market.
Peterson said the company has “good news” regarding the Arc Battlemage Xe2. Specifically, the first chips are already in the test lab, and while he couldn’t provide more information at this time, a launch has been suggested before the end of the year, perhaps in the second half. this year.
Speaking about the Arc Celestial Xe3 series, Peterson said this generation will be launched in 2025 as integrated graphics (iGPU) available on Panther Lake processors before appearing as dedicated GPUs sold as semi-products. retail for desktop computers.
In addition to what has already been mentioned, Petersen also noted that the company is actively researching the NPU architecture for its next CPUs, known as “PC AI” which has been mentioned a lot lately. There aren’t many applications for PC AI yet, except for some isolated examples like PCs with facial and voice recognition. The new features will likely focus on improving gaming performance, where artificial intelligence (AI) can help create more realistic animations.
Wccftech said it seems like that will be the main approach with Intel’s AI model shortly, similar to how Nvidia does with ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine).
