Again in January of this 12 months, we reported that Intel may launch the Arc Battlemage GPUs in Q1 2024 with quantity hitting the market in Q2. We additionally reported that Workforce Blue may launch two new Arc Alchemist SKUs along with an Arc Alchemist refresh in late Q1 and Q3 2023 respectively. Now, Tom from Moore’s Legislation Is Lifeless has revealed new info concerning the 2024 Intel Arc Battlemage, refreshed Arc Alchemist, and the Arc Celestial GPUs.
First, Tom claims that Intel may launch new Arc Alchemist SKUs this 12 months offered the corporate can offload the stock that it already has. Among the new SKUs might have “new steppings” with attainable bug fixes, clock enhancements, and so forth. Nevertheless, the previously-rumored Arc Alchemist refresh appears to have been canned.
The leaker additionally alleges that the Intel Arc Battlemage is launching in H2 2024 which is far later than earlier stories claiming a Q1 2024 launch. Nevertheless, the Arc Battlemage might not have the purported RTX 4080-level efficiency as Tom suggests the highest Battlemage die might have been binned and a low-end 250 mm2 die produced on the TSMC 4 nm course of is now the lead one. Moreover, this die may characteristic 12 GB of VRAM and a 192-bit large bus.
Certainly one of Tom’s sources additionally claimed that the Arc Battlemage “might use a particular new expertise”. We don’t know what that expertise is because the supply didn’t share any extra particulars.
Lastly, the Arc Celestial which was beforehand rumored to be Intel’s reply to Nvidia’s “Halo merchandise” seems to have a H1 2026 launch date. Per Tom, Intel has solely deliberate one Arc Celestial die that might be constructed on TSMC’s N3X course of with a measurement of 180 mm2. As a reference, the RTX 4090 has a die measurement of 608 mm2 whereas the RX 7900 XTX’s die measures 529 mm2. If there’s certainly just one Arc Celestial die and it measures 180 mm2the Arc Celestial will not be a flagship product however a low-end/mid-range GPU.
That stated, it’s too early to speak concretely concerning the destiny of the Arc Battlemage and Arc Celestial. So, take MLID’s report with a large grain of salt.
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I’m Fawad, a fellow tech nerd. As a tech junkie, my relationship with expertise goes again to my childhood years. Getting my first Intel Pentium 4 PC was the beginning of journey that might finally carry me to Notebookcheck. Lastly, I’ve been writing for tech media since 2018. From small no-name initiatives to trade leaders, I’ve labored with numerous tech publications.
