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idk, they could. a minimal one with no video decoding or 3d hardware would not need much die space i'd imagine. there's likely just little demand for it, like you're either using an igpu without a dgpu, or you're using a dgpu and don't need an igpu. like you hinted at, in the case of someone who normally uses a dgpu, such a feature would only really be useful for diagnosing issues, as such a basic gpu would not be useful for regular usage compared to existing igpus
>That or maybe motherboards should start including basic iGPUs for their display output, similar to how all motherboards have onboard sound chips these days.
that's actually how igpus used to work, they were on the motherboard, either as part of the northbridge or as a separate chip. many components that used to be on the motherboard are now part of the cpu. modern cpus are really SoC's rather than a bare cpu like they were in the '80s
pic related, dell mobo with separate ATi rage onboard gpu (next to the power connector)