According to reports, Intel has selected the TSMC 4 nm EUV foundry node for its upcoming Arc Xe2 discrete GPUs, which are based on the "Battlemage" graphics architecture. This represents an upgrade from the Arc "Alchemist" family, which Intel previously produced using the TSMC 6 nm DUV process. The TSMC N4 node offers significant improvements in transistor densities, performance, and power efficiency compared to the N6 node, allowing Intel to almost double the Xe cores on its largest "Battlemage" variant. With increased IPC, clock speeds, and other enhancements, the "Battlemage" GPUs are expected to compete with AMD RDNA 3 and NVIDIA Ada gaming GPUs. Interestingly, the Xe2 "Battlemage" GPUs are not the only products being built on advanced foundry nodes. The iGPU in Intel's Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" processor is part of its Compute tile, which is being manufactured on the more advanced TSMC N3 (3 nm) node.
