Intel is creating a team to develop low-power GPUs in the UK

Intel is establishing a development center engaged in the design of Low-power GPU In the United Kingdom. There are several job advertisements on the company website for specialized figures (here an example) who want to join in that of Swindon(South West England) to a “new team focused solely on low-power GPU architectures and designs“targeting the” next generation of portable devices. “The team will fall under the umbrella of the Xe Architecture and IP Engineering (XAE) Low Power Group.

The location of this new team, the UK, may be anything but coincidental. In the Land of Albion they are found ARM e Imagination Technologiesrespectively designers of the Mali and PowerVR GPUs dedicated to mobile devices and more (automotive, etc.).

It is likely that Intel, for its new Swindon team, aims to welcome both new engineers and talents from UK universities (200 km from Cambridge and even less from London), but also staff from the two British realities.

It is not clear exactly what the work of the new Intel team will focus on, it being understood that today the company sees in architecture Vehicle-LP its lower consumption proposal is integrated into the notebooks. Certainly the work of the Swindon “boys” will bear fruit only in the next few, probably not before four or five.

Intel Arc Alchemist, con Xe-Core e XeSS sfida a Nvidia e AMD sulle GPU gaming

This development is just the latest in a long series for Intel’s renewed commitment to the world of graphics: since the company announced its entry into the high-performance dedicated GPU market in 2017, division boss Raja Koduri has started a very large procurement campaign that saw him snatch experienced engineers from other companies. The first fruits of this work will be seen this year with the debut of the “Alchemist” Arc GPUs on notebooks, desktops and workstations.