Will Intel Meteor Lake Integrated Graphics Support Ray Tracing?

The 14th generation Intel Meteor Lake CPUs, expected in 2023 to succeed the Raptor Lake, which are now close to presentation, will bring a series of interesting news. The new architecture will first be realized through the new Intel 4 7nm production process, including for the first time an Arc Alchemist iGPU and emphasizing the hybrid approach with three types of cores. A new indiscretion from a Korean insider nicknamed Coelacanth's Dream now reveals that future Santa Clara processors may include hardware-level Ray Tracing support, although as a result the iGPU would eliminate XMX units.

Meteor Lake microarchitecture will introduce a Multi Chip Module (MCM) design for the first time, with the company relying on TSMC to build the module including the GPU. An unprecedented Meteor Lake CPU model was also previewed by Intel at the "Vision" event, where it was clearly possible to see the new configuration consisting of multiple tiles. According to information unearthed by Coelacanth’s Dream in the Linux patches for IGC (Intel Graphics Compiler), the new Meteor Lake processors will include a GPU with Xe-HPG architecture equipped with 128 or 192 EU.

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Speaking of Arc Alchemist, Intel's new range of dedicated desktop GPUs should debut in this period, with the latest rumors giving a possible launch between August 5th and September 29th.