It is very hard to put any belief in the rumor mill surrounding Intel's discrete desktop GPUs. Already this year, there have been at least three "leaks" saying "It's canceled!", and every time, a counter-rumor comes about saying "It isn't canceled!"
In all accounts I have seen, their single SKU from this second generation consumer lineup has been well-received. Yet the article says "what can only be categorized as a shaky and often rudderless business", without any justification.
Yes, it is worth pondering what the Nvidia investment means for Intel Arc Graphics, but "rudderless"? Really?
Suddenly, what Intel's CEO means by new products must deliver 50% gross profit [1], and it being too late to catch up with AI [2] is starting to be clearer.
There has never been any information conveyed by the "Moore's Law Is Dead" account. If you want to know whether Intel has cancelled their next dGPU, you might as well ask a coin.
i will note that their source appears to be moore's law is dead which is a speculative youtube channel that has a long history of being wrong about the death of arc. dude has been predicting the imminent death of arc since the first one released years ago. it wouldn't surprise me if this did lead to the death of arc, but it certainly isn't because this moron predicted it.
Well, remember Elop and Nokia? The playbook is the same. Start with "we can't compete" ("burning platform memo"), then decimate the internal talent, and then sell off the company for cheap.
i'm not paying a lot of attention to this AI global economics war bs tbh, but the intel arc gpus seemed to be a sensible way of me getting back into pc gaming. good drivers, ok performance, great value and great energy efficiency.
then all of a sudden nvidia decides to "invest" in intel... and all of a sudden it sounds like arc will be probably be getting cancelled.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 29.1 ms ] threadIn all accounts I have seen, their single SKU from this second generation consumer lineup has been well-received. Yet the article says "what can only be categorized as a shaky and often rudderless business", without any justification.
Yes, it is worth pondering what the Nvidia investment means for Intel Arc Graphics, but "rudderless"? Really?
[1]: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/in...
[2]: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-ceo-says-it...
then all of a sudden nvidia decides to "invest" in intel... and all of a sudden it sounds like arc will be probably be getting cancelled.