Intel has set up a low-power GPU development center in Arm's backyard: it's easier to hire people

IT House February 13 news, according to TomsHardware reported that according to a new job posting from Intel, Intel is establishing a GPU development center in the United Kingdom. The company is looking for experienced hardware design engineers to develop low-power GPU architectures for portable computing devices.

"We are building a whole new team in the UK that is focused solely on best-in-class low-power GPU architectures and designs to enable the next generation of portable computing," intel's Xe Architecture and IP Engineering (XAE) Low Power Group reads in a job description, "which requires mature skills in a range of engineering disciplines such as architecture, hardware design, software-driven design, and a key focus on low power consumption." ”

The new GPU R&D center will be located in Swindon, UK, approximately 125 miles (201.17 km) from Cambridge, the country's largest technology hub, and around 90 miles (144.84 km) from London.

Currently, there are two major GPU developers in the UK – Arm's Mali development team and Imagination Technologies' PowerVR development team. Both focus on low-power GPU architectures and have extensive experience designing energy-efficient GPU modules used by companies such as Apple, MediaTek, NXP, Samsung, and Renesas.

So if a company wants to develop a low-power GPU architecture, there are enough engineers in the UK to poach it.

It House understands that intel currently uses the Xe-LP architecture for notebook processors, but now it seems that the company believes it needs a completely new low-power GPU architecture for processors in five to six years.

Notably, Raja Koduri, who is responsible for all GPU matters at Intel, has extensive experience with ImgTec's PowerVR architecture while working at Apple. In addition, the term "portable" may indicate that Intel is looking beyond laptops with its next-generation low-power GPU architecture.

Since hiring Koduri in November 2017, Intel has been expanding its GPU development team. Last year, the company hired Vineet Goel, a veteran GPU architect from AMD, after hiring several high-profile GPU engineers, architects, and AMD technicians.