Why are Intel GPUs called Arc?

Intel has finally revealed a wealth of details about the first wave of graphics cards to run on its Xe architecture, chief of which is their name: Intel Arc.

But, with the firm traditionally having used much more utilitarian names, like Core i3 or Intel 7, you may be wondering why it settled on such a specific name for its first line of graphics cards.

Here to help we got the inside scoop from Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics (AXG), Raja Koduri during a video presentation at the firm’s 2021 Architecture Day.

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