Subj : Intels already working on its 3rd-gen Celestial GPUs  but were st
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Oct 11 2024 20:45:05

Intels already working on its 3rd-gen Celestial GPUs  but were still waiting 
for discrete 2nd-gen Battlemage graphics cards

Date:
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:33:20 +0000

Description:
Celestial, or Xe3, will debut in Panther Lake laptop chips next year, and 
work is already underway to support it in Linux.

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Intel is already working on support for its Xe3 GPU architecture in Linux  
even though Xe3, codenamed Celestial, wont be used in any chips until late in 
2025 (at the earliest) 

Indeed, Battlemage, Intels 2nd-gen Arc graphics, is only just here (in Lunar 
Lake laptops as the integrated GPU), so its very early days for 3rd-gen 
Celestial. 

However, as Phoronix reports, Intel engineers are currently laying the 
groundwork for enabling Xe3 in the Linux kernel. 

Thus far, we dont know anything about how Xe3  which will first be used as 
the integrated graphics in next years Panther Lake processors , the successor 
to Lunar Lake on the laptop side of the PC fence  will improve on its 
predecessor. 

The Linux driver code might eventually give us a clue, but it doesnt yet. It 
builds on the existing Xe2 code, and focuses on Xe3 LPM (low-power mode). 
What about discrete Celestial? 

While this is Xe3 for laptops, the prospect of discrete graphics cards built 
on Celestial seems far more distant. After all, as weve already noted, 
Battlemage discrete GPUs havent even arrived yet, just the implementation of 
integrated graphics for Intels Lunar Lake mobile chips . It may be a while 
yet before we see standalone Battlemage graphics cards for desktop PCs, but 
hopefully these might turn up relatively early in 2025, with any luck. 

Meanwhile, Intel is certainly forging ahead when it comes to how powerful its 
integrated graphics are, notably with Lunar Lake, and with Arrow Lake mobile 
processors also close on the horizon now , and looking pretty nifty, too. You 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/intels-already-working-on-its-3rd-gen-
celestial-gpus-but-were-still-waiting-for-discrete-2nd-gen-battlemage-graphics
-cards


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