Now it’s official: Intel announced Arc Alchemist series launch delayed due to complications in software development for video cards. The announcement was made by Lisa Pearce, vice president and general manager of the brand’s visual computing division.
The plates will arrive in China first, but will only appear in the rest of the world in the second quarter of 2022, possibly between July and September. The post by Pearce was posted on Intel’s official blog, and it’s not exactly a surprise: Rumors have raised the possibility of delays recently.
According to text, one of the main problems faced by the team is completing driver development for first generation graphics cards. As they are desktop motherboards, different motherboards, memory, storage, etc. There is an almost endless combination of configurations that can be combined with
The company has decided to release future boards through OEMs. This means that at least initially Intel graphics cards are only available from Acer, Lenovo, Samsung etc. means companies will be sold through their machines. The precaution serves to limit the amount of configuration that can be integrated into your cards.
New wave of COVID-19 in China It is another problem that complicates Intel’s life as it affects the availability of key parts and components in chip manufacturing.
The delay in launching the Arc Alchemist series is nothing new. Intel has been promising the release of its dedicated cards for several years, and recently announced the first GPUs for laptops.
Source: Tec Mundo
