The December Intel event could reveal more details about the discrete GPU

Back at Siggraph 2018, Intel has launched a new dedicated graphics card, but another event is expected soon. DigiTimes announced that Intel was organizing a new conference in December, just before CES 2019.

We contacted Intel for clarification and this confirmed that the event was a day of architecture. Otherwise, Intel has not confirmed the discrete graphics for this event, but DigiTimes writes that the conference is focused on the progress of Intel's latest technology. This supposedly includes discussions on Arctic Sound, the code name of Intel's separate graphics processor, as well as other Intel business units.

According to what was revealed at Siggraph 2018, Intel's new dedicated graphics card will arrive in 2020 to "release the graphics". It would be Intel's first dedicated graphics card for more than 20 years, after the i740 graphics processor in 1998. would place Intel alongside Nvidia and AMD, which dominated the graphics card and gaming market for all these years.

Intel could be better known for its integrated graphics, which are not known for power. Recently, the company has recently taken steps to address this gap. Previously, Raja Koduri, former graphics chip designer AMD Radeon, had been appointed chief architect and senior vice president of the new Core Computer and Visual Computer Group. DigiTimes, although still unverified, also indicates that Intel has opened a new GPU R & D center in Canada and plans to install another one in India. If that's true, we can assume that this is where these new dedicated graphics cards might be in development. These are just rumors at this point, but certainly interesting.

The winding and fancy silhouette of the next dedicated graphics card, visible at the Siggraph 2018 show, also show that Intel has made many efforts to design and market its products. Nevertheless, since this upcoming conference is referred to as Architecture Day, the scope of this event could probably be limited and the technical details on the chipsets would not be clarified. It could also be a way to create media buzz or share more about how Intel's microarchitecture is doing as a whole.