Intel’s Battlemage graphics playing cards are nonetheless very a lot alive and kicking, if there was any doubt – and it seems to be like Staff Blue might be making higher-end 2nd-gen GPUs in addition.
Wccftech noticed a tweet from Andreas Schilling, who’s editor at German tech website Hardwareluxx, and has simply seen Battlemage in motion.
I’ve seen wafers with Emerald Rapids XCC on them, that have been being lower. Not a shock in any respect, however nonetheless …Additionally MTL682_C0, so Meteor Lake with 6 P-Cores, 8 E-Cores and GT2 Graphic Tile examined in a C0 stepping and eventually the Failure Lab already noticed BMG G10 – Battlemage is actual. https://t.co/rKr7au95JZAugust 29, 2023
Particularly, Schilling informs us that on a go to to Intel in Malaysia, a part of the tour took in Staff Blue’s ‘Failure Lab’ through which BMG G10, a Battlemage GPU, was being put by its paces.
As Schilling observes: “Battlemage is actual.”
Amongst different bits and items Intel confirmed off, the editor additionally obtained a peek at a Meteor Lake CPU with six efficiency cores and eight effectivity cores. That might be a workhorse of a laptop computer processor, and as we’ve seen just lately, Intel is planning to make nice use of AI with these next-gen cell chips.
Evaluation: Excessive degree mage incoming
That is an attention-grabbing leak round Intel’s next-gen GPUs for a few causes. Firstly, it actually dispels earlier whispers that Staff Blue would possibly simply can its second-gen Arc graphics playing cards totally. And secondly, it signifies that as one other more moderen rumor contended, Intel gained’t simply produce lower-end Battlemage GPUs.
Going by earlier leakage, BMG G10 is the heftier GPU and was labeled because the ‘fanatic’ chip of the Battlemage vary, in order that actually isn’t lower-end. This needs to be the successor to Intel’s present A700 chips with Alchemist, essentially the most highly effective choices. Hopefully, then, Intel might be producing a 2nd-gen GPU to compete with a few of the finest graphics playing cards from Nvidia or AMD.
Schilling was requested on X (previously Twitter) to provide us a sign of the dimensions of the chip, however predictably wouldn’t elaborate on that (greater die sizes correspond to extra highly effective GPUs, in fact).
The opposite notable nugget right here is that with the preliminary take a look at runs solely simply starting on Battlemage, that implies the 2nd-gen graphics playing cards gained’t be debuting till later in 2024 (within the second half of the yr).
Nonetheless lengthy we’ve to attend, although, if Intel goes to supply a full stack of merchandise – from fanatic to funds GPUs – with Battlemage, that’s nice information. If nothing occurs in testing and additional improvement to trigger BMG G10 to be ditched between now and later subsequent yr, in fact.
There’s additionally the potential of additional delays, too. Do not forget that Battlemage was initially alleged to be launched this yr (certainly, going by the grapevine previously, Intel’s intention was to have these 2nd-gen playing cards out by now).
