Intel’s latest chip could be mistaken as an AMD-killer, a truly next-gen processor that would really stick it to the red team’s efforts. But it’s not. While its specs lists is potentially mighty, combining the 10nm process with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 support, Intel Agilex is instead solely for the data-obsessed amongst us.

But that doesn’t mean that Intel’s latest big data push isn’t noteworthy in itself. Intel has been vying for prime position in the FPGA market ever since it purchased programmable logic company Altera for $16.7bn. Yes, you read that right. That’s a whole lotta’ cash, and its got a lot of competition in the market from Xilinx and other companies you’ve probably never heard of. But there’s evidently a lot of money to be made in programmable chips.

To get an edge on its competition, Intel has announced the Intel Agilex FPGA on the 10nm process, offering up to 40% higher performance or 40% power-savings compared to its previous Stratix generation. The chip also utilises Intel EMIB technology – that’s the same chiplet bridging interconnect that was utilised on the Intel/AMD crossover Kaby Lake G chips. This allows it to offer a mix-and-match approach of tiles and chips to suit a client’s needs.