Asian Tech Press (SEP 22) -- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger explained the next-generation architecture platform layout for CPUs and GPUs at the Architecture Day.

The company said at the time that its Xe-HPG GPUs would use TSMC's 6nm process (N6) foundry, which includes Intel's Xe-HPG graphics card Alchemist, one of the first products listed as coming from an "external foundry."

Digitimes said today that Intel chose to use TSMC as the foundry for its Alchemist GPU due to its internal 10nm capacity shortage, but the details are unknown.

Intel's ARC graphics products are built on the XeHPG microarchitecture, which combines the strengths of Intel's XeLP, HP, and HPC microarchitectures and will provide excellent scalability and computing efficiency through advanced graphics features. The first products of ARC's first-generation "Alchemis" are expected to be available in the first quarter of 2022 for mobile platforms and traditional PC markets.