Qualcomm signs up to AV1 video codec
SM8550 - will support AV1
Qualcomm will finally jump on the AV1 video codec next year with the SM8550" supporting it.
Intel poaches another AMD graphics expert
Headhunting
Rohit Verma, an AMD veteran SoC architect, has jumped ship to Intel.
Koduri outlines the state of the Arc
We have got two animals but this might take longer than 40 days and nights
Raja Koduri, Intel’s SVP and GM of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics (AXG) Group delivered an update on the state of Intel’s first generation of Arc graphics and it looks like that it will be a long time before we see anything.
Nvidia might be working on RTX 3050 with GA107 GPU
Lower TDP, same specifications
It appears that Nvidia could be working on an RTX 3050 with GA107 GPU, which will retain the same specifications but have a lower TDP.
Intel’s Arc Alchemist graphics cards delayed
Leak suggests that Nvidia’s Nemesis will be the middle of the year
Intel’s Arc Alchemist graphics cards was expected to launch in early 2022, and give Nvidia’s higher-end desktop GPUs a run for their money, but leaks are suggesting that they will be a bit later.