Intel launches Iris Xe Max graphics chip with 3 laptop makers

Intel has launched its Iris Xe Max graphics chip and announced that Acer, Asus, and Dell have signed on as customers. The three laptop makers are debuting thin-and-light laptops with the chip today.

Intel’s first standalone graphics chip uses the same microarchitecture as its Iris Xe graphics, the integrated graphics in its 11th Gen Intel Core mobile processors. But this new graphics chip is more powerful, with 96 execution units, a frequency of 1.35GHz, and built-in encoding capability. The latter is good for the target market of content creators because it helps them process videos faster, marketing director Darren McPhee said in an interview with GamesBeat.