Intel's mythical Big Battlemage GPU pops up in the MESA Linux driver making a launch later this year that little bit more likely

We've covered Intel's purported plans to launch a bigger, badder version of its latest Battlemage GPU tech on several occasions. Mostly, those centred on a GPU codenamed G31 being spotted in Intel shipping manifests. Now, the very same G31 has popped up in the official MESA OpenGL drivers for Linux, and there's even more reason to believe Intel might actually launch a high-performance gaming GPU later this year.

Right now, Intel has the Arc B570 and B580 graphics cards, based on the G21...