26 PCWorld MARCH 2021NEWS
IMAGE: INTELIntel’s debut Iris Xe graphics
cards are headed to prebuilt PCs
(but not for gaming)
Intel will sell a discrete desktop GPU aimed at mainstream users and small businesses.
BY GORDON MAH UNGE
ither the GPU shortage really is that
bad (go.pcworld.com/rlbd), or
maybe Intel’s DG1 is really that
good, because the company
announced Tuesday morning that its first-
generation Iris Xe desktop graphics cards are
shipping to partners.
The company said its Iris Xe, previously
code-named DG1 (go.pcworld.com/cdg1),will be sold to system integrators—basically
PC companies smaller than OEMs such as
Dell and HP—who will use the graphics cards
in PCs aimed at mainstream users as well as
small- and medium-sized businesses.
The Iris Xe is basically the same part as the
Irix Xe Max GPU (go.pcworld.com/xemx)
that’s being sold in a limited number of
laptops after originally being previewed on