Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger explained the next-generation architecture platform layout of CPU and GPU one by one on the previous Architecture Day. The company said at the time that its Xe-HPG GPU will be manufactured using TSMC’s 6nm process (N6), including Intel’s Xe-HPG graphics card Alchemist, which is one of the first products to be listed as an external foundry.
Intel did not disclose the reason for this choice. The industry believes that it is because Intel’s 10nm process is not competitive enough with TSMC’s 7nm process, so it is manufactured in an external fab. Digitimes said today that Intel said that its Alchemist GPU was hired by TSMC because of its internal 10nm capacity shortage. The specific details are unknown.
Intel Ruixuan graphics products are based on the XeHPG microarchitecture, which combines the advantages of Intel’s XeLP, HP, and HPC microarchitectures, and will provide excellent scalability and computing efficiency through advanced graphics capabilities. The first batch of Ruixuan’s first-generation product Alchemis is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2022, targeting the mobile platform and traditional PC market.
