Alright, here goes nothing. Buckle up, this is gonna be a bumpy ride.
So, apparently, Intel decided to pull the plug on this thing called Deep Link. I guess no updates for it are on the horizon. Kind of a downer, but there you have it.
Intel Guy Says Deep Link’s Done, But It’ll Still Hang Around Like an Old Sock
So yeah, Intel launched this Deep Link biz back in 2022 when Arc Alchemist was all shiny and new. Now it’s like, “Peace out!” No formal announcement though, just some casual chit-chat on GitHub. Typical, right?
This guy Zack-Intel jumped in on a thread. Deep Link isn’t going to receive any sprucing up, he says. This actually came up ’cause some dude, SapphireDrew I think, was griping about it on GitHub. He was trying to get it to play nice with OBS Studio—y’know, that software folks use to capture gameplay or live stream. OBS wasn’t the culprit, though—just driver drama.
A month later, Zack-Intel pops back in to say the thing’s dead in the water, update-wise. If you bought those Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs hoping Deep Link would give you that extra zing? Yikes, might feel like a punch to the gut. Intel kinda hyped it up to boost performance on 11th-gen processors with those fancy Arc Alchemist graphics.
Anyway, here’s how it went down—direct from the horse’s mouth:
Hi @SapphireDrew, just wanted to drop you a quick note: Intel® Deep Link isn’t getting any more love. No updates coming. It’s basically frozen in time.
– Zack-Intel, GitHub
Yeah, Intel’s been all “Deep Link will enhance your gaming, creation, streaming—yada yada.” Ugh, blindsiding much?
So, this Deep Link—meant for getting CPUs and GPUs to buddy up—was supposed to make the system smarter at shoving power where it needed it the most. Features like Dynamic Power Share, Hyper Encode, and oh, something like Additive AI. I mean, it sounded good on paper.
Couldn’t use it on AMD or NVIDIA stuff though. Strictly Intel-on-Intel action. And now, since it’s being ghosted on maintenance, the folks using it might run into hiccups—problems that Intel probably won’t give a hoot about fixing from now on.
Source? Yeah, credit to Videocardz for the scoop.
And there it is. Maybe it’s a bit all over, but isn’t that life’s charm?
