The news often mentions Intel's discrete graphics processor, which will be released at the end of 2021, will be produced using 7nm technology and will be part of the Ponte Vecchio computing accelerator. Meanwhile, the first-born of the βnew eraβ in the history of the development of discrete graphics solutions from Intel should be considered a product with the simple designation DG1, the existence of samples of which was announced by the head of Intel this half of the year. This entry-level graphics solution will be produced using 10nm technology and will appear on the market next year.
Some at the driver level, they were able to confirm that DG1 belongs to the class of low-power products, as well as the presence of a Gen12 graphics architecture common with Tiger Lake mobile processors. On resource pages one of the discussion participants familiar with Intel's plans is now sharing not the most encouraging information about the future of the DG1 series products. Let's start with the fact that in terms of performance they will not be able to get far from the integrated graphics of Tiger Lake processors - the gap will not exceed 23%, according to the original source.
Secondly, the ratio of performance and energy consumption level of DG1 was not the best. Some laptop manufacturers are already involved in the development of mobile PCs based on discrete graphics DG1, but for Intel this alliance does not bring material benefits, but some valuable experience for the further expansion of discrete graphics. Let us recall that at the architectural level, the Intel Xe graphics generation should be unified across all segments in terms of performance. In an Indian research center, for example, a certain high-performance product of this generation is being developed.
Source: 3dnews.ru