A recently leaked company document has uncovered that the 2013 Haswell CPU will feature support for the yet-unreleased Direct X 11.1 API. This information was uncovered by SweClockers, which has somehow managed to come across an Internal Intel slide that is entitled “Processor GFX entry level workstation certification roadmap.”
Besides giving us an insight into Intel's plans regarding the professional application certifications it plans for the on-board Ivy Bridge and Haswell GPUs, the document also mentions that the latter will come with support for DirectX 11.1. This yet-unreleased API seems to be part of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system and it seems like Intel is determined to support it in its future processors.
Haswell is the code name used by Intel for the new architecture planned to replace Ivy Bridge CPUs in 2013. Just like its successor, Haswell will be built using the Tri-Gate 22nm manufacturing process, but the chip will distance itself even further from traditional CPU designs as mobile models will arrive as system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices.
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