Intel comments on Arc GPU future as B770 remains absent
Intel has commented on the future of its Arc GPUs. During a Q&A with journalists in Taiwan, Intel Client Computing Group general manager Alex Katouzian said GPUs remain a “ super important ” part of the company’s PC lineup, according to Tweakers.
The statement came after questions about Intel’s future in desktop graphics. Intel entered the discrete desktop GPU market in 2022 with Arc Alchemist, followed by the Battlemage generation. The Arc B580 and B570 were the only gaming desktop cards released under the second generation.
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Katouzian said Intel is seeing good traction with its GPU cores. He added that gamers and game engine developers are working with Intel, and that the company intends to continue on its current path.
Still no info on Big Battlemage for gamers
The rumored B770 card was expected to drop this year. However Intel chose to limit this SKU to professional/workstation market. Tweakers claims it heard from multiple sources at Computex last year that the card was planned for late 2025, but now says it is more likely that the product has been canceled. Intel has not confirmed this.
Handhelds now in focus
Intel’s recent GPU activity has shifted toward integrated and mobile graphics. The company has already announced Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme processors for gaming handhelds, while Panther Lake laptop CPUs will also use newer Arc graphics. We have already covered Arc G3 in detail, including the handheld launch lineup and the first performance claims.
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For desktop gamers, Intel’s message is still unclear. The company says GPUs remain part of its PC business, but there is still no successor to the Arc B580 at the higher end of the desktop lineup. More recently we heard a rumor that there’s no plan for Xe3p based gaming card. If that’s true then gamers may not see dedicated and discrete GPU for desktops and laptops from Intel, for a long time.
Source: Tweakers
