Intel has announced a series of additions to its new Arc
GPU product portfolio is designed to power a wide range of professional equipment. The new Intel Arc Pro A series includes for
business laptops , and with for small
single-slot and dual-slot models workstations
.
Each new GPU has built-in ray tracing hardware, machine learning capabilities, and what Intel calls “an industry-first AV1 hardware encoding” acceleration. Issue with Intel Arc
Intel’s latest foray into the GPU business due to global chip shortages and other Covid-related factors, Its first batch of Arc cards didn’t get off to a good start. The company is also said to be struggles to match its f 1st Gen Arc GPU with the speed of current models from Nvidia and AMD From a performance point of view. Even Rumored Intel may have to drop its Arc entirely The Alchemist and Battlemage series, due to irreparable hardware flaws affecting their performance.
The company quickly dismissed these claims and promised to season Further updates will be provided later in the year, but reports suggest tensions are growing within the graphics department.
While Intel’s prospects in the consumer market are not rosy, the company could be more successful in business graphics. As Nvidia moves from GPUs for professional devices to processors more focused on gaming platforms and data centers server , Intel may have smelled an opportunity. The company says it aims to certify software across domains such as schema
, engineering and design, and the new Arc Pro A-Series cards are said to also target video editing is optimized for and
3D graphics software
, such as Blender. Intel has chosen not to share any details about the performance of the new GPUs at this stage, but professionals working in these industries will be keeping a close eye on the first benchmarks as they arrive. Intel Arc Pro GPUs are expected to be available “later this year” in “devices from leading mobile and desktop ecosystem partners.”
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