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Intel has confirmed that it has ditched native support for DirectX 9 on its various Xe-based graphics products. These include its upcoming Arc discrete GPUs, Raptor Lake graphics, and newer.

Intel has confirmed that Arc desktop GPUs will be China-exclusive initially and only be available via OEMs. This is probably disappointing news for enthusiasts globally who were looking forward to it.

Intel Arc laptop GPUs are scheduled to be announced at the end of the month and retailers have already started listing units online. Such is the case with the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Book2.

Intel has finally unveiled the release date for Arc discrete graphics. The company will be launching its first-gen Arc mobile GPUs on March 30 at a special event dubbed "A New Stage of the Game".

SiSoft Software has once again spilled the beans on the performance of a yet-to-be-released Intel part. The firm has published an early review of the upcoming Intel Arc Alchemist A380 discrete GPU.

Intel has confirmed that its first-gen Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs are definitely going to launch this quarter (Q1). The company also unveiled much more details on its Arc roadmap and products.

More pictures, purportedly of engineering samples (ES) for the first-gen Intel Arc Alchemist GPU, have leaked, this time featuring a similar but darker shade of the previously leaked photos.

The full lineup of Intel Arc Alchemist (DG2) GPUs for the notebooks has leaked. As confirmed earlier, the SKUs and their EUs have stayed the same but now we have details regarding the memory system.

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.

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.

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.

Alleged NUC 12 details have leaked and they suggest Intel could be having its own in-house discrete graphics in the next-gen NUC. The GPUs will apparently feature 8,12 and 16GB VRAM.

Intel appears to be making excellent progress on the clock speeds of its upcoming Xe HPG (DG2) discrete graphics. According to a leaked Geekbench 5 run, the GPU is now reaching 2.2GHz.

Intel's DG2 is reportedly heading to notebooks and laptops first, according to a report today. The launch time for the initial batch of DG2-based discrete graphics cards is allegedly in late Q4 2021.

An employee at Intel has shared a job invitation link which is hinting at the potential launch date for Intel's high-end Xe graphics codenamed DG2. Apparently, "DG2 is right around the corner".

Intel has released a new teaser video for its upcoming high-end Xe HPG graphics architecture. Outside of the music and effects, the teaser also has a couple of puzzles, one of which has been solved.

Intel's chief GPU lead, Raja Koduri, has tweeted a screenshot of the company's Xe HPG discrete graphics chip running an upcoming 3DMark Mesh Shader test. The GPU will be launching later this year.