Subj : Remember Intels Arc A580? It looks like the GPU-that-never-was is
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 22 2023 12:15:04

Remember Intels Arc A580? It looks like the GPU-that-never-was is surely 
canned at this point

Date:
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:06:52 +0000

Description:
Have we given up all hope of ever seeing the mid-range Arc GPU intel 
announced well over a year ago? Pretty much

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Cast your mind back to over a year ago, and you may recall Intel announced 
some new Arc GPUs  including an A580 mid-range effort (or, well, 
lower-mid-range technically). 

Have you been wondering what happened to this GPU? Youre not alone, and 
VideoCardz just made a case that is difficult to argue with  namely that at 
this point, the graphics card appears to have been ditched by Intel. 

As the tech site observes, the A580 was revealed well over a year ago now as 
part of incoming Arc GPUs that included the A770 and A750, as well as the 
A380. 

Now, that latter trio of graphics cards have all been realized as products, 
but the A580 simply hasnt turned up. 

Moreover, if it was going to be announced, Intel would surely have said 
something at its recent Innovation event , but Team Blue didnt mention 
anything about Arc GPUs at all (or Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs for that matter, 
too). 

In fact, Intel hasnt mentioned the A580 since its initial revelation back 
over a year ago, pretty much sweeping the GPU under the carpet for all 
intents and purposes. Analysis: End of the story Arc for Alchemist? 

At this point, then, it seems a pretty safe bet that the Arc A580 has been 
canceled. If Intel was still intending to debut this A5 GPU, surely the 
Innovation event that just happened was the last potential stop for a launch 
confirmation of some kind. 

Because now, were looking down the road at Battlemage graphics cards , Intels 
second-generation of Arc products. Time has surely been called on the 
first-gen of Arc at this stage, and its kind of a shame that we never got to 
see what a more middle-of-the-road Alchemist offering might have done. 

With the specs Intel announced, the A580 wouldnt have been that far off the 
A750, but could have provided a more affordable entry point for gamers 
wanting to splash out a little less cash (and perhaps have made its mark on 
our best cheap graphics cards list). Mind you, perhaps its proximity to the 
A750 specs-wise is why Intel has waited, and waited, and ultimately decided 
its not worth the trouble to launch the A580. 

At this point, we can only offer up speculation, but it does seem odd to us 
that Intel hasnt seen fit to mention anything about this Alchemist GPU that 
never was, which if anything marks the idea out as an embarrassing misstep of 
some kind for the Arc range. 

As mentioned, all eyes are on Battlemage now, graphics cards that are set to 
debut next year, perhaps around the middle of 2024, or slightly later, which 
would leave little room for anything else to launch now. Or thats the current 
rumored launch timeframe, and we should of course bear in mind that even if 
its true at this point, we could easily see slippage with Battlemage yet (as 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/remember-intels-arc-a580-it-looks-like
-the-gpu-that-never-was-is-surely-canned-at-this-point


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