Intel has lost $3.5 billion on its GPU division and the analyst advises it should be sold or shut down.

we knew it Intel had problems with their Intel ARC but… on the verge of closure or sale?

John Peddie Research conducted a full report on Intel GPU Divisionand it’s quite difficult. According to this report obtained through WccfTech, Intel has invested over $3500 million in this division in recent years without making a profit. So advises to sell or close.

It should be clarified that while Intel ARC gaming cards are on everyone’s lips these days, this is only a subset of the GPUs the company releases, as it also has a variety of pro and server cards. In addition to Integrated GPUs in laptops.

The report explicitly talks about dGPUs or Discrete GPUs i.e. video cards. It seems risky to close or sell a division when its Intel ARC gaming cards are about to hit the market.

The big problem for Intel is that the GPU market is very hostile, dominated by two very powerful companies like AMD and NVIDIA.

It is true that Intel did not perform well with integrated GPUs in laptops.how Intel He, Iris etc. They perform their function of graphics support without any special requirements, but cannot compete with the most powerful models from AMD or NVIDIA.

There were hopes placed on new line of Intel ARC gaming graphics cardsand Intel had a window of opportunity a few months ago, during the tyranny of cryptocurrency miners, when there was no stock of cards, and the few that came out were worth three times.

But now the market is flooded with powerful (albeit overexploited) used cards coming from crypto farms at bargain prices, and sales of new cards fell by 50%, also significantly reduce the price.

California company delays the launch of Intel ARCbecause the drivers are not quite ready. The models shown aren’t overly powerful, with the Intel ARC A750 on par with the RTX 3060, with low prices now and next-gen RTX 4000 just around the corner. Intel will be very difficult to compete.

But no one said that it would come and be successful. Intel It will take a few years to see if it can really compete in the gaming market. Will he be patient or will he end up selling or closing his GPU unit?