I’d suspect it’s a lot about machine learning.
The branding of the GPUs will be XE, and by the looks of the roadmaps we’ll have gaming gpus for sure.
They really need something better on the table than what GEN is putting out.
Linus was playing with a couple Larraby cards… I think he mentioned this stuff.
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Intel just need something that is “good enough” that people can do the things they want to do with an integrated GPU.
I don’t think intel are going to catch up to AMD or Nvidia in the discrete GPU market in any hurry, but they desperately need a competent integrated graphics solution to compete with Navi or Vega.
It doesn’t matter if they can say, beat Ryzen by 10-12% in performance in mobile or OEM systems if AMD can ship Ryzen with a GPU that eliminates the need for a discrete mobile GPU, or a low end desktop GPU for OEM systems - if intel don’t have something equivalent.
If they have nothing to compete with integrated Navi, they’re going to be at a massive disadvantage in OEM / mobile systems.
Intel put out a LOT of awesome SfFy 
End of next year they get 10nm working or more delays.
7nm is in the pipeline and could come into the mix.
When Intel ships this tech. It will be cool and I may use it. I can see myself either Threadripper next year and make my 1700 a nas + vm machine. Mayby be a poor person and try a 8 core APU and passthrough my GPU for a window VM.
Intels not ringing my 2019 bell. I look forward to 2020 and what comes next but. Intel / Nvidia / AMD all GPU focused. 2020’s will be good for gamers. If only there was not a console leash.
Dude they need to catch up in a LOT of stuff right now. Its almost hilarious how incompetent they’ve shown themselves to be.
Depends on the market.
I don’t think that is their worry. A couple BIG HPC machines just got put together, one of the larger ones using EPYC, or at least the planning changed to EPYC. At that, their Knights line is kinda getting stopmed by GPU’s. If you look at whats going on, they really need a GPU offering to keep up. CPU clusters just don’t have enough Floating Point Units to keep up, unlike a Nvidia GPU, where all cuda cores are are FPU’s. They just can’t keep up.
Some minor new information.
Intel announced that its lead 7nm product (lead = top, or lead = first?) would be its new GPGPU, built on the Xe graphics architecture. Intel has stated that its Xe product stack will feature two different microarchitectures from mobile client up to GPGPU, with one of those architectures called Arctic Sound - technically Intel will launch its first discrete GPU in 2020 according to its press release, however the 7nm GPGPU will be launched in 2021.
There is speculation that intel may want to extablish a beach head in Linux Gaming with a vastly improved Clear OS and the new line of GPU’s
Discussion on it here
I’m more of a podcast guy then a video guy due to allot of time behind the wheel.
Clear OS apparently runs fast
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=clearlinux-main-desktop&num=1
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu1810-fast-clear&num=1
Could intel feel that having a GPU that runs really well on an intel distro would impact a purchase descision even with Windows users who may/may try gaming on Linux? Especially after the nightmare known as fglrx? I did find it interesting that the podcast guy said “Installing the nvidia proprietary driver was a pain in the ass”
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Took some time but finally some noteworthy news.
Intel will build a GPU specifically for gaming.
And it’s going to be made by TSMC
Deep dive on the Xe-LP architecture in Tiger lake, which will be very similar to the upcoming gaming one.
Looks like intel has nailed MCM-GPUs, might be a big win.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15996/spotted-at-hot-chips-quad-tile-intel-xehp-gpu
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