Intel Xe

Intel Xe
Release dateSeptember 2, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-09-02)
Manufactured byIntel
TSMC
Designed byIntel
Marketed byIntel
Fabrication processTSMC N6
Cards
Entry-levelIris Xe Graphics
High-endIntel Arc
History
PredecessorGen 11
SuccessorIntel Xe 2

Intel Xe (stylized as Xe and pronounced as two separate letters,[1] abbreviation for "exascale for everyone"[2]), earlier known unofficially as Gen12,[3][4] is a GPU architecture developed by Intel.[5]

Intel Xe includes a new instruction set architecture. The Xe GPU family consists of a series of microarchitectures, ranging from integrated/low power (Xe-LP),[6] to enthusiast/high performance gaming (Xe-HPG), datacenter/high performance (Xe-HP) and high performance computing (Xe-HPC).[7][8]

  1. ^ TechTechpotato (August 15, 2020). "How to Pronounce Intel's Xe (Xe) and Ponte Vecchio". YouTube. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Raja Koduri [@RajaXg] (March 18, 2019). "e'X'ascale for 'e'veryone..Xe..the working name was eXe, don't recall why the first 'e' got dropped." (Tweet). Retrieved December 10, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Cutress, Ian (December 12, 2018). "Intel's Architecture Day 2018: The Future of Core, Intel GPUs, 10nm, and Hybrid x86". AnandTech. p. 5. Intel will use the Xe branding for its range of graphics that were unofficially called 'Gen12' in previous discussions
  4. ^ Hill, Brandon (September 9, 2019). "Intel Says Tiger Lake Gen12 Xe Graphics Is Its Biggest Architectural Revamp In A Decade". HotHardware. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Smith, Ryan (August 13, 2020). "The Intel Xe-LP GPU Architecture Deep Dive: Building Up The Next Generation". AnandTech. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Salter, Jim (November 4, 2020). "Intel enters the laptop discrete GPU market with Xe Max". Ars Technica. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Smith, Ryan. "Intel's Xe-HPG GPU Unveiled: Built for Enthusiast Gamers, Built at a Third-Party Fab". AnandTech. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  8. ^ Alderson, Alex (November 4, 2020). "The Intel Xe-HP NEO hits Geekbench with 512 compute units, 4,096 shading units and 6 GB of HBM2 VRAM". NotebookCheck. Retrieved April 10, 2021.