Intel’s dGPU adventures—Xe
New tidbits about Intel’s Xe dGPU market
Intel holds its own for Q4’2020
Fourth-quarter revenue was $20.0 billion, exceeding the company’s October guidance by $2.6 billion but down 1%-year-over-year (YoY). Full-year revenue set an all-time Intel record of $77.9 billion, up 8 % YoY. The company delivered impressive fourth-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.42 ($1.52 on a non-GAAP basis, exceeding its October guidance by 42 cents). In 2020, Intel generated a record … Read more
You want processors, asks Intel
Besides changing its CEO and sending automated automobiles cruising in Munich, Intel also had a lot of processor news for CES. Intel’s Executive VP Gregory Bryant kicked off the presentation of the company’s 11th gen CPUs saying, “Only Intel has the breadth of products spanning multiple architectures; the large, open ecosystem; sheer scale of manufacturing footprint; and deep technical expertise … Read more
Intel brings Pat Gelsinger back, and this time as CEO
Under some pressure from activist investment firm Third Point, Intel has announced plans to bring in Pat Gelsinger to be the company’s CEO. Gelsinger, who had successfully run EMC and then VMware, was previously at Intel as the SVP and GM of the Digital Enterprise Group. The irony that absolutely nobody has missed is that Gelsinger left Intel in 2009 … Read more
Nemetschek Brand Spacewell acquires Dexma
Spacewell, a subsidiary of the Nemetschek group based in Antwerp, Belgium has acquired Dexma, a provider of SaaS products that use AI and machine learning for energy management. Based in Barcelona, the company is working with over 4,000 customers in 30 countries enabling them to measure, monitor, and manage their energy consumption and costs. Koen Matthijs, Nemetschek’s Chief Division Officer, … Read more
A new year, a new GPU from Bolt
A start-up in Silicon-Valley has an idea for a new type of super high-performance GPU, targeted at the data-center. The group at Bolt has completed their first round of funding and is looking for savvy VC who share their view about the data explosion and the need for data accelerators. Bolt’s HPC GPU. (Source: Bolt) Bolt Graphics is building … Read more
What’s driving GPU sales—COVID, games, or Crypto?
We’ve been tracking GPU and before that graphics controller shipments for decades, and we think we have a sense of their trends and seasonal behavior. Most recently, our Market Watch report for Q3 2020 reveals unusual buying patterns for graphics boards and we naturally wondered, what’s up? Look at the following chart that shows shipments for the past 15 … Read more
Intel’s discrete GPU
(Source: Clker-Free-Vector-Images) Intel has been laying the groundwork for its new, Xe line of discrete GPUs (dGPU). The company has a long history in graphics, determined this time to avoid past mistakes. Intel has taken several runs building a discrete graphics chip to take on the market leaders. But the company has had a challenging time. They never seemed … Read more
Intel Xside
A Wonderful New Look—back to the future
Pixelworks’ AI-based video processor
San Jose based Pixelworks is announcing the i6 processor, its sixth generation mobile visual processor, and the first with low-power AI tech (built on the Company’s mobile display datasets). AI comes into place to adaptively optimize picture quality. The i6 processor, says the company, uses AI to intelligently upscale the dynamic range of video and gaming content while concurrently optimizing … Read more
Intel launches EVO
After months of leaks, rumors, and speculation, Intel formally and officially released the details of its 11-generation processor, code-named Tiger Lake. The processor leverages Intel’s SuperFin 10 nm process and introduces Intel’s first integrated Iris Xe GPU claiming 2× the performance over the previous generation — 2× is a lot. The CPU and other processors as well as the communications … Read more
Pixelworks’ AI-based video processor
San Jose based Pixelworks is announcing the i6 processor, its sixth generation mobile visual processor, and the first with low-power AI tech (built on the Company’s mobile display datasets).