Intel in the final phase of game-oriented DG2

The Xe graphics architecture is a scalable story that will put Intel on the map when it comes to graphics chips of all kinds: power-efficient variants for laptops, powerful circuits for data centers and dedicated graphics cards for games. Consumers can already get their hands on the former as a simple entry card or integrated into “Tiger Lake” and “Ice Lake”. Game-oriented Xe-HPG (High Performance Gaming) is still a long way off, but updates roll out periodically.

Via unofficial channels, it has emerged that the Xe-HPG variant with code name DG2 comes in five variants with a top model equipped with 512 computing units (EU), 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and performance around Nvidia’s Geforce RTX 3070. In a Twitter post, Intel now poses Raja Koduri, head of the graphics division, in the high-gloss silicon of the DG2 circuit with 512 EU.

At the same time, Koduri says that the work is progressing and that the last few weeks have offered a transition from choppy to fluent. In addition, it is explained that optimizations for drivers and games are now on the software department’s table, which indicates that the hardware is beginning to approach a finished stage.

On Twitter, the user also shows “rogame” the new image combined with older diton on circuit boards for DG2 use. This is used to calculate the approximate dimensions of the circuit 23.5 × 8.5 mm for an area of ​​190 mm² – almost half of the 392 mm² that applies to GA104 from Nvidia’s Geforce RTX 3070. Intel will use TSMC’s 7-nanometer technology while GA104 is manufactured on Samsung’s 8 nanometers.

The fact that the company is close to a finished product is in line with information that the three most powerful DG2 circuits will enter production between weeks 43 and 50 this year, in order to reach the market together with Intel’s “Alder Lake” processors. Initially, Intel aims to place the graphics cards in laptops, but images of stand-alone variants for desktops have leaked out, so such a launch is probably not too far away.

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