This is not to mention that even if it were open source, it is not likely that t...

thristian · on June 8, 2015

Intel has licensed GPU designs from third-parties before, but typically only for their low-power (Atom) chips where they just didn't have the technology in-house.

Here, we're talking about a new micro-architecture for Intel's premium product line; I would be very surprised to hear Intel licensed anything in the design from third-parties. If Intel wanted their tool-chain to be available, they could make it so.

digi_owl · on June 8, 2015

And i don't think it will become less common.

You can get a product out the door much faster if it use a off the shelf microcontroller and a EEPROM than a custom IC.

bjwbell · on June 9, 2015

From somewhat old first hand knowledge. The GuC isn't that complicated of a toolchain, mostly linux based.

The GuC itself is basically a pentium processor running a very simple OS.