Big things are afoot at Intel's graphics chip division once again, as the company has just broken up the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics (AXG) business unit which will result in some big changes. For starters, Raja Koduri has been what we can only refer to as demoted, as he's back to being chief architect rather than being in charge of the AXG business unit. Some of his staff will be moved to other business units inside Intel, as the AXG business unit will cease to exist. This doesn't mean Intel will stop making discrete consumer GPUs, at least not until Battlemage or the Arc B-series have launched, which might take place sometime in 2023.

At the same time it looks like Raja Koduri will be out of action for what is likely to be at least a month, as he posted on Twitter that he's had emergency back surgery while on a business trip. How this will affect his transition back to his role as chief architect is anyone's guess at this point in time. However, he will not be focusing solely on GPUs in the future, but the broader range of products that Intel offers, but he will apparently be focusing on the integration of GPU, CPU and AI architectures at Intel. We've posted an official statement from Intel after the break, which Intel provided to Tom's Hardware.