In a recent interview with PCWorld at CES 2024, Tom Petersen, a top-level engineer at Intel (holding the position of Intel Fellow), confirmed that the second generation of Intel Arc graphics card, codenamed Battlemage, is scheduled to be released in 2024.
Petersen revealed that Battlemage is currently in the production phase and real GPUs are being tested in the lab. Furthermore, he mentioned that 30% of the Arc team is working on developing software for Battlemage, while the hardware team has also begun working on the third generation GPU, code-named Celestial.
According to Petersen, the unveiling of Battlemage is expected to take place before CES 2025, in the early part of the next year, aligning with Intel’s roadmap. It is worth mentioning that Intel has previously announced a total of four Arc GPUs, named Alchemist, Battlemage, Celestial, and Druid, utilizing the Xe-HPG, Xe2-HPG, Xe3-HPG, and Xe Next architectures respectively.
TLDR: Tom Petersen, an Intel Fellow, has confirmed in an interview with PCWorld that Intel’s second generation Arc graphics card, named Battlemage, is set to be released in 2024. The Battlemage GPU is currently in production and being tested in the lab, with software development in progress. Intel aims to unveil Battlemage before CES 2025, in line with their roadmap that includes a total of four Arc GPUs.
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