Intel is already planning the arrival of its subsequent generations of Battlemage and Celestial GPUs. With this in thoughts, the blues have secured a provide of 4nm and 3nm chips from TSMC. Given the way in which the Taiwanese producer operates, it’s clear that Intel has put cash on the desk to safe a spot on the manufacturing line. This is a minimum of what the Taiwanese financial press says. The latter signifies that this dedication shall be primarily for the Intel Xe2 (or “Battlemage”) and Xe3 (or “Celestial”) GPUs. But this data leaves us perplexed…
If we take at face worth the information disclosed by this enterprise newspaper, we’re compelled to take a unique have a look at a number of topics. First of all, the connection with TSMC. While Intel is ramping up its 20A and 18A processes, evidently Intel’s GPU enterprise will stick with TSMC for some time. The different piece of data is the timing of Intel’s new era GPUs. Again, if we observe the knowledge coming from Taiwan, the Battlemage GPUs ought to arrive in the marketplace solely within the second half of subsequent yr. A shocking data whereas till then the tip of 2023 and the start of 2024 are commonly evoked. As for Celestial, the second half of 2026 is introduced… These dates appear inconsistent as a result of they’d indicate that the present Arc era lasts one other 18 months whereas leaks have prompt the existence of a refresh of Alchemist within the second half of this yr.
So we’ll keep watch over our sources and be sure you add to this story quickly.
