Intel acquires Finnish graphics tech company Siru Innovations

pcgamer.com:

Intel Graphics tweeted that it has acquired Finnish company Siru Innovations. The company has a background in graphics and software development and it's expected that Intel will use this expertise as it ramps up its push into the discrete graphics market.

The Siru team is expected to become part of Intel's Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group. According to the Siru website, the company has a deep understanding of computer graphics, including developing solutions from high-level APIs to low level GPU architecture.

Siru has experience developing graphics IP for low power SoCs including those from Qualcomm and AMD. That kind of experience will surely help Intel in its quest to penetrate the lucrative laptop and mobile graphics markets. 

Acquisitions like these are vital for Intel as it seeks to establish itself in the discrete graphics market. Though the Siru team is unlikely to have much of an influence in the short term, its team can likely begin work on the driver and software optimization side of first generation Alchemist cards fairly quickly. This may also include liaising with game development teams to ensure their engines are coded to take advantage of the Alchemist architecture. 

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Raja Koduri is excited too, tweeting: «Next celestial and beyond». Celestial refers to the third generation of Intel Arc GPU, following Alchemist and the second generation Battlemage.

However, graphics is just one part of Intel's big push. The really big money comes from the high performance computing market, which is an area