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> next to zero chance Intel (especially given the Arc catastrophe and foundry capabilities) Arc is manufactured using TSMC N6. Intel originally wanted to use
by worrycue 3y ago
> next to zero chance Intel (especially given the Arc catastrophe and foundry capabilities)
Arc is manufactured using TSMC N6.
Intel originally wanted to use Intel 4 but it wasn’t ready yet. Maybe the next batch of GPUs assuming Meteor Lake and their other CPUs don’t consume all the Intel 4 capacity.
Also Arc hardware-wise is fine for what it is and the process node it’s using - N6 isn’t a leading edge node to my knowledge. Drivers are unfortunately something that’s going to take time to fix up - there is no way around this.
- haldujai 3y agoAgree but Intel has yet to show they can successfully make a high end GPU, and they're heavily invested in Arc at the moment. Given Intel 4 is launching at the end of the year I would expect their focus will be on catching up wth AMD on CPUs and the next-gen Arc GPUs. Assuming everything goes well with their yields and they have extra foundry time (which they won't be using as part of IFS) will they have the institutional energy/capital/will to open a new software+hardware battle in a market the entrenched Nvidia will fight to the death for? It seems extremely unlikely to me within 1-2 years.