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In the coming days at CES 2022, Acer could debut the first laptop in the world featuring Intel's brand new Arc Alchemist discrete graphics. Arc is Intel's discrete GPU brand like GeForce and Radeon.

According to rumors, Intel will be launching its discrete GPU series in March next year, which was originally rumored to be launched in CES 2022 with just two products initially, then later expanding.

A NUC driver has perhaps unveiled more than Intel would have liked. The SKU names of the upcoming first-gen ARC Alchemist GPUs have been revealed and also the codename of the next-gen architecture.

Intel demoed some gameplay of its ARC Alchemist GPU yesterday at The Game Awards 2021 event. One of the images in the video may have unveiled some information regarding ARC, like temperature.

In 2025, Intel plans to launch its fourth-gen ARC discrete graphics cards dubbed "Druid" according to an Intel ARC official. This means a launch cadence period of just one year for Intel's ARC GPUs.

An update to the drivers for Intel's upcoming GPUs reveals that there might be a new SKU that was not known, the DG2-448, which could be part of the Arc lineup coming out in early 2022.

Photos of Intel's flagship Arc Alchemist graphics card begin to surface, giving a detailed look at the upcoming GPU contender from Intel. In addition, renders of the slower desktop GPU are shared.

Intel's new graphics driver version 30.0.100.9955 adds support for DX12 video encoding for H.264 and H.265 on Windows 11. Aside from that, it fixes plenty of gaming-related and general bugs too.

Intel recently at its Architecture Day event unveiled the Arc family of discrete graphics that are slated to launch next year. Today, the alleged naming of first-gen Alchemist GPU has leaked.

GPU prices have started to slowly but steadily rise once again after a couple of large and promising dips in the previous quarter. Currently, the cards are around 70% more expensive than MSRP levels.

Intel seems to be working on a new driver for its discontinued Kaby Lake G-based products and it could be arriving with Windows 11. The driver might possibly be adding support for the next-gen OS.

A report alleges that Nvidia's RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti, or many more graphics card models could be facing supply problems from September due to recent lockdowns in China for new COVID outbreaks.

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released the latest GPU market share report for Q2 2021. There is overall good news for the market with the exception of AMD which has struggled against rival Nvidia.

At its Architecture Day 2021 today, Intel has revealed more information on its upcoming discrete graphics cards. The company has detailed the architecture of first-gen Arc products called Alchemist.

To promote its newly-unveiled Arc branding for the upcoming discrete graphics cards, Intel is giving away, among other stuff, an Arc branded discrete GPUs to five lucky winners from across the world.

Intel has unveiled today its new "Arc" brand. Arc will be similar to GeForce and Radeon and will denote all of Intel's hardware and software that will be designed for its upcoming discrete graphics.