On March 31, Intel finally achieved results in the research and development of independent graphics processor (GPU) after five years of efforts. The company released the first batch of new products specially designed for laptop video games on Wednesday, local time < p > < / P > < p > this new graphics processor is called arc 3. Although the chip itself will be used in laptops, the technology behind it has far exceeded the use of video games. Roger Chandler, vice president of Intel Customer graphics products and solutions, said that arc's architecture, artificial intelligence (AI) processing power and supporting software will be shared by Intel's server and PC business units. Each unit will be able to adopt common building blocks, and then refine this technology into chips for their respective server or PC customers < p > Chandler said: "we have a derivative, parallel like architecture, which is based on the same DNA and is actually a product for the data center class. We have a similar path here, so this is a cross departmental business plan." < p > the launch of a new laptop graphics processor is a new sign of Intel's continuous change. The company has always been famous for its strong chip manufacturing strength. The CEO of Gelsinger said that he was willing to take over the important position of chip manufacturing in the future, including the ability of Intel chip manufacturer Gelsinger. It is reported that Intel has signed a contract with TSMC to produce arc 3 < p > Intel said that within arc 3, the company combined its Xe core with real-time ray tracing unit, which makes computer images look more real, and specific processor functions for AI and streaming video coding. Intel said the arc 3 chip is an upgrade of its integrated graphics technology. It is powerful enough to easily meet the needs of new video games and perform creative tasks related to video editing < p > however, Wednesday's launch is only the beginning of Intel arc's overall plan. First, the company only launched the weakest arc 3 Series graphics processors, including a350m (with six Xe cores and six ray tracing units) and a370m (with eight Xe cores and eight ray tracing units). Considering the power range of 25W to 50W, they are designed for ultra portable devices and are intended to provide more powerful capabilities than integrated images alone, rather than dedicated to game devices < p > anyone who wants to buy a game laptop equipped with Intel's new GPU may have to wait for arc 5 and arc 7 to be available in early summer, which will provide more graphics card cores, ray tracing units, memory and power < p > customers are also waiting for the desktop version of arc GPU. Intel previously promised that it will eventually be available in the second quarter of 2022, and the workstation card will be available sometime in the third quarter. There is also "project endgame", a mysterious service that will allow customers to access arc GPU later this year to "get a low latency computing experience that is always accessible" < p > so how good is Intel's new GPU? At least for now, the answer is "better than Intel's Xe integrated graphics card". Sometimes the performance is almost twice that of the latter, and its power consumption is almost the same as Intel's CPU, which is the benchmark comparison given by the company in its announcement. However, Intel apparently did not provide other data on the advantages of arc GPU compared with the integrated graphics processors on competitors NVIDIA, AMD or apple M1 series chips. "We are focused on providing a good experience and will provide some benchmarking in areas where we are dominant and temporarily lagging behind," Chandler said < p > to be sure, Intel will not use its best graphics processor (at least this year) only on laptops. "We want to design an image product that delivers an excellent gaming experience, but it is also designed to meet other new challenges because we are all experiencing telecommuting or children's distance education," Chandler said < p > in addition to their powerful functions, all arc GPUs also have many innovative functions, which may help them stand out from their competitors. Intel is including comprehensive AV1 hardware acceleration support (the company said it was the first in the industry) to achieve faster video coding in various applications. One example is how AV1 coding uses xsplit to achieve smoother streaming games Another key part of the < p > arc GPU will be Intel's deep link technology, which uses the complete hardware stack of Intel processors and graphics cards to optimize power sharing, that is, whether the CPU or GPU needs higher power to complete a given task. Deep linking will also allow computers to use both integrated and independent GPUs to achieve faster media coding or machine learning based image processing. This is not Intel's exclusive method. NVIDIA's latest 3080 Ti and 3070 Ti notebook graphics processors have similar functions < p > Intel has also launched a new arc control application, which allows customers to handle game driver updates, adjust and monitor performance. It will also provide in-game coverage so that you can pay close attention to graphics performance when playing the game without requiring a customer to sign up for an account < p > Intel will start its arc era with Samsung Galaxy Book2 pro, which is the first laptop equipped with arc 3 GPU. Intel promised to launch more designs in the coming weeks and months, inviting partners such as Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and MICROSTAR. The starting price of arc laptop will be reduced to $899 < p > in order to improve the development of arc 3, Intel looks beyond its own office and executive office. At least half of the engineers and other graphics chip personnel come from outside Intel. Many years after ceding the graphics processor market to NVIDIA and ATI (eventually acquired by AMD), Intel resumed its efforts and began to integrate graphics processing into its central processing unit (CPU) design. (small) < / P > < p >