Sure, let’s give this article a whirl, with my human quirks thrown in:
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Okay, so here’s the scoop—Intel is kinda done with their Deep Link tech. I mean, they’re not axing it completely, but updates? Nah, not anymore. Weird, right?
### Intel’s Deep Link Gets Shelved, Sort Of
So, this Deep Link thing was all shiny and new, launched just last year, 2022. You’d think they’d keep the ball rolling, but nope. Although there’s no fancy press release (you know how companies love those), word on the street—well, actually from a random GitHub thread—is that a dude from Intel spilled the beans.
Zack-Intel—that’s his username—drops a casual bomb: “No more updates, folks.” And how did this come up? A user named SapphireDrew was struggling with it while using OBS Studio—a popular tool for game streaming—and asked for help on GitHub. Poor guy was all, “Why won’t this work?” Then this OBS team member jumps in like, “Hey, not our fault. Blame the drivers.”
Then Zack chimes in a month later, finally confirming the bad news. Kinda feels like being promised cake, but you just get crumbs. Annoying, especially if you bought Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs expecting some next-level performance, as they hyped it up for their 11th gen processors and beyond.
He even wrote it out like:
> “Hi @SapphireDrew, just a heads up: no more sprucing up for Deep Link. It’s staying the way it is, bugs and all.”
> \- Zack-Intel, GitHub
And here’s the kicker, Intel used to brag about how Deep Link would make your gaming and streaming experience all dreamy-like. So them pulling the rug out like this? Yeah, surprising to say the least.
Deep Link was supposed to make your Intel CPU and GPU best buds, sharing resources like they’re at a fondue party. Had all these fancy bits—Dynamic Power Share, Hyper Encode, the whole shebang—in place to boost how everything runs. But, like, no dice if you’re running AMD or NVIDIA. It’s a strictly Intel club, apparently.
Now it’s like, “Hey, this might still work… kinda? But you’re on your own if it hiccups.” And trust me, tech things love to hiccup at the worst times.
Source? Oh right, saw it on Videocardz. Those folks might know a thing or two.
