Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is adamant about the expected 2024 release date of the Arrow Lake processors, despite the revenue issues in the first quarter of 2024.
The tech giant’s financial results for the first quarter of 2024 were released and with it we found that Intel stock prices fell by 12%, a huge drop compared to the 10% increase in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.
Despite this, Gelsinger has stated that the new server chips produced on Intel’s 3-node technology are still ready. According to PC gamerHe’s also “excited” about entering the “Angstrom Era with Intel 20A and Intel 18A,” especially since Intel has been the market leader in that regard for about two years, according to his statement. The 20A refers to the Arrow Lake processors, which are still on track for a 2024 launch, while 18A will be launched more specifically in the second half of 2024.
Intel’s Arrow Lake is promising, but…
There is a lot to look forward to when it comes to Arrow Lake. Not only is it polished with some of Intel’s best technologies, but the tech giant is reportedly packing a host of other features as well.
According to a rumor from a well-known leaker Coelacanth dreamArrow Lake’s integrated graphics card will be Xe-LPG Plus, which means a superior version of the current generation of Alchemist graphics cards. This provides better performance compared to the basic version of Xe-LPG, which is already in Meteor Lake. It will also include eXtended Matrix eXtensions (XMX), Intel’s version of AI upscaling intended to compete with Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR.
Another rumor of it leaker YuuKi_AnS on Twitter/X reveals that Arrow Lake-S processors may come with Thunderbolt 5, which comes with a host of new features including 120 Gbps bandwidth and PCIe Gen4 x4 support. This makes it ideal for connecting external GPUs, which are graphics cards, in an external enclosure used for gaming laptops when you are at your desk.
That said, it’s quite concerning to see that Intel’s CEO seems so desperate to assure us (and our shareholders) that Arrow Lake will definitely be released this year. If things were so certain, why so many optimistic promises?
The main reason would obviously be the drop in share price, although this is hardly unusual in the technology industry. Why does he continue this rather strange reassurance? It feels like it could have the opposite effect, leaving us wondering in the background how things are really going.