Intel Reportedly Reached Pre-Silicon Validation Phase For Celestial GPUs, Confirming Existence Of Xe3-Based Discrete GPUs

Intel confirms Discrete Xe3 "Celestial" GPUs are in pre-validation

Intel ‘cooking’ Xe3 as we speak Pre-validation underway. Source: Newegg Haze, a data miner focused on Intel hardware updates, has uncovered new information about Intel’s upcoming Celestial GPU series. Recent findings, reportedly sourced from LinkedIn profiles of Intel employees, suggest that the company has reached a new milestone in Xe3 development. Intel now appears to […]

Intel Confirms: Arc Celestial Xe3 GPUs Have Entered Pre-Validation

Intel has more or less confirmed that its third generation Arc Celestial GPUs are very much on the way, the relevant chips now in their pre-silicon validation phase. Despite the rumours that Intel was planning on killing off its Arc GPUs after Battlemage, a new leak by Haze on X serves as proof that the third generation Celestial is still on the way and, according to Intel Fellow Tom “TAP” Petersen back in December, the chipmaker’s GPU team has …

So they're still here after all, Intel's Xe3-based discrete GPUs. Those who are said to be dead live longer, especially when the rumor mill is once again churning faster than the silicon furnace. What recently came to light through a semi-public leak via LinkedIn now confirms what had been suspected behind closed doors: The development of the Celestial GPUs is complete. The […] Source

Although many do not know, Intel had dedicated graphics cards decades ago before NVIDIA and AMD were in that market. However, the company preferred to focus on built-in processors and graphics cards. Speaking of iGPUs, the truth is that they have received a lot of criticism and have not offered a good performance. Everything changed when Intel launched its first generation of dedicated Arc GPUs and after this, this architecture has been used and…

Intel Reportedly Reached Pre-Silicon Validation Phase For Celestial GPUs, Confirming Existence Of Xe3-Based Discrete GPUs

A leaked timeline of Intel Celestial development reveals the launch of Xe3-based discrete GPUs is imminent. Intel Completes Xe3 Celestial GPU Design and Enters the Pre-Silicon Validation Phase for Early OEM Testing The rumors of Intel canceling Celestial discrete GPUs have been debunked again and again. A few months back, we reported that Intel's hardware team had already moved on to the Xe4 project after finishing the Xe3-based GPUs. Today, ano…

Intel's Mysterious Battlemage G31 GPU Gets Spotted In Shipping Manifest

Rumors of a bigger Battlemage GPU's demise may have been greatly exaggerated. Tech sleuth Haze spotted something interesting in the public shipping database over at NBD DATA: multiple entries for things like "SOCKET STIFFENER (STF), DESIGNED FOR BATTLEMAGE-G31." The listings are dated late March and were destined for Intel Vietnam, which handles