Intel officially launched its Arc family of graphics solutions yesterday. We say “solutions” instead of “cards” because the first chips to arrive will be mobile GPUs. The launch info consisted of a ton of slides and explainers, as well as a 20 minute ...
For more than a decade, the phrase “Intel integrated GPU” was synonymous with “terrible graphics solution.” The first Intel motherboard with integrated graphics, the i810, had terrible performance, even in 2D desktop work. The 2D graphics performance improved, but Intel’s 3D capabilities were more-or-less terrible until the launch of Sandy Bridge. Since Sandy Bridge debuted, Intel ...
Intel, TSMC, Samsung, Apple: Who's On First? Seems unlikely that TSMC will supply a 20nm A8 chip to Apple.Samsung might have won the business after all.Could Intel be the stealth supplier of the A8 chip? The common, and I DO mean common, wisdom is that TSMC (TSM) will be building the Apple (AAPL) A8 chip to be used in the iPhone 6. It's right here in black and white. According to the article, Samsung can't yield 20 nm. Hmmm, that seems to be a recurring theme, with ...