Intel Nova Lake Tipped For Xe3 And Xe3P GPU Tiles To Boost Graphics And AI

Intel has already established that the graphics parts of Panther Lake are using the Xe3 architecture, but that they will be branded as part of the Arc B-series. The given rationale is that the first-generation Xe3 graphics products utilizing the "Xe3-LPG" architecture will be something more like an evolution of the Xe2 architecture used in "Battlemage" than a full step change in hardware architecture. Earlier leaks suggested that Nova Lake would use Xe3P, the "true" Celestial graphics architecture, but Coelacanth's Dream isn't so sure.

For those unfamiliar, The Coelacanth is a Japanese hardware enthusiast with the uncommon patience to crawl through open-source software commits and find interesting details about upcoming hardware. On his site, he just posted his findings that the latest Linux kernel patches indicate that Nova Lake will use Graphics Media Descriptors 30.4.4 and 30.5.4. These numbers are similar to the "gfx ...