Oh man, the tech world is always a rollercoaster, right? Anyway, here’s the lowdown on something kind of wild. So, Intel’s dropped a bomb about their Deep Link tech. Well, sort of, because they didn’t actually say it—at least not in the super official press release kind of way. But apparently, an Intel dude spilled the beans over on GitHub, which is like the place to be for developers these days.
Here’s what went down: Zack-Intel (cool username, by the way) jumps into a GitHub thread, all casual-like, telling folks that the Deep Link isn’t getting any love anymore. No updates. Nada. And this isn’t just any feature—it’s from the era when Arc Alchemist showed up in 2022. So it’s kind of a big deal. Maybe not breaking news, but hey, it’s something.
Anyway—okay, wait, backing up—a user called SapphireDrew was having a tough time with this thing in OBS Studio. If you don’t know, that’s the go-to for capturing gameplay or streaming. SapphireDrew needed help because Deep Link was being a pain, not activating or whatever. At first, the blame was tossed at driver issues, not OBS, which is interesting… I guess?
Zack-Intel, the messenger of doom here, confirmed what everyone feared: yeah, Deep Link’s kind of biting the dust, maintenance-wise. And he only popped in to tell them after a month! I mean, for those who splurged on Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs expecting this superpower feature, it’s kinda like promising cake and getting broccoli.
So, there’s this message from Zack-Intel that literally sounds like, “Hey @SapphireDrew, heads up, we’re not touching Deep Link anymore. It’s abandoned in its current state, so whatever bugs there are, enjoy them.” Just paraphrasing but you get the drift.
Intel’s been hyping Deep Link as this magic performance booster for gaming and creating stuff. Imagine their marketing—”elevating gaming, creating, and streaming” they said. So, finding out it’s now orphaned tech? Messed up.
Deep Link wasn’t just fluff though. It was like a cool buddy system for your CPU and GPU, dividing resources smartly and revving up performance through things like Dynamic Power Share and Hyper Encode. But, bummer alert: it’s strictly an Intel family affair. There’s no AMD or NVIDIA invite. Plus, now that it’s lost Intel’s support, get ready for those unforeseen bugs that’ll haunt users without fixes.
And that’s the saga. A shout out to Videocardz for originally spilling the beans. Wild times, man.
