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Well that article was a waste of space. Intel has already stepped into the GPU market with their ARC cards, so at the very least the article should contain a clarification on what the CEO meant.
And I see people shitting on the arc cards. The cards are not bad. Last time I checked the B580 had performance comparable to the 4060 for half the cost. The hardware is good, it's simply meant for budget builds. And of course the drivers have been an issue, but drivers can be improved and last time I checked Intel is actually getting better with their drivers. It's not perfect but we can't expect perfect. Even the gold standard of drivers, Nvidia, has been slipping in the last year.
All is to say, I don't understand the hate. Do we not want competition in the GPU space? Are we supposed to have Nvidia and AMD forever until AMD gives up because it becomes too expensive to compete with Nvidia? I'd like it to be someone else than Intel but as long as the price comes down I don't care who brings it down.
And to be clear, if Intels new strategy is keeping the prices as they are I'm all for "fuck Intel".
The USA owns 10% of the company, which might turn off some.
This is a big part of it, imo. They kissed the ring.
The other part of it is that, per the article, this is an “AI” pivot. This is not them making more consumer-oriented GPUs. Which is frustrating, because they absolutely could be a viable competitor in low-mid tier if they wanted to. But “AI” is (for now) much more lucrative. We’ll see how long that lasts.
CPU overhead is quite well known and actually damages a lot the arc cards' position on the budget class