After billions of dollars in investment, Intel’s Arc series graphics cards may have come to the end of the road. The rumors, which were previously in the form of a whisper, have now reached a level that can be heard clearly. According to the latest information, Intel may be preparing to cancel future Arc graphics cards.
Moore’s Law is Dead, the owner of the leak, bases the information he obtained in his video on an “executive-level” source. According to reports, Intel will cancel the Arc series and shift its direction to integrated GPUs and APUs in this area. We had previously encountered rumors that Intel would cancel the Arc project, but the company quickly denied the situation and announced that they were working on the second generation Ars cards. Of course, this will not make any consumer happy, but for now, we have to state that this is just a rumor.
Intel Arc graphics cards were already hard at work
Arc A series cards, which the company should launch this year, struggled with some problems and delays. Although they are not bad on paper, the mid and high-end Arc A series, which could not step into the market, have difficulty surpassing the current generation AMD and Nvidia rivals, even in the tests made by Intel.
PSU users beware!
According to the reports, the A380, A580, A750 and A770 cards with Alchemist architecture, which power the Arc A series, will be released to the market as expected. It is stated that the Battlemage Arc cards, which are planned to be released next year, will be aimed only at the entry and intermediate level. It is stated that we may never see Celestial GPUs, the last product of the roadmap published by Intel.
Intel’s finances could have an impact
Many giant companies that have emerged from computer technologies have taken significant financial blows this year. Intel, which is at the head of these companies, has been struggling with difficult financial processes for a while. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger also gave signals that the financial downturn would continue. On the other hand, according to the 2022 financial results, Intel’s graphics division was constantly experiencing high losses throughout the year.
Considering that the company’s Arc cards will not make money for the company for a long time, it does not seem possible for the blue team to subsidize the desktop graphics section, at least in these financial conditions. Therefore, it is expected that Arc graphics cards that will come by Intel will first reduce the target and turn to the entry and middle level, and then be completely shelved.
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