Old Intel ARCade gaming machine with Alchemist A770 graphics card spotted on company campus
User X (former Twitter) under the nickname Haze posted a photo of a gaming machine Intel ARCade, in the body of which one of the GPU previous generation - Alchemist A770. The machine was spotted on one of Intel's campuses, but was inoperative. The screen displayed a message "A Bootable Device Has Not Been Detected", and a note with the inscription “Out of order” was pasted onto the body.
ARCade is branded arcade style slot machine, which the company has shown off at events including DreamHack. The device is designed for two players, and has generally served as a marketing solution to promote Intel's Arc line. Inside the machine, judging by visual cues, there is a GPU Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition, possibly based on the Intel NUC 12 mini-PC Extreme.
Intel has been pushing Alchemist graphics cards hard in 2022, including even branded 18-meter refrigerated trucks. However, after the release and the accompanying technical problems, the company cut back on marketing. Next-generation products, Arc Battlemage, are getting ready to be shown on Computex 2025, where models with 24 GB of memory are rumored to be on display.
Sources suggest that the exhibition will feature Arc B580 with 24GB GDDR6 and, perhaps, dual-chip 48GB version, as well as the B770 on the BMG-G31 architecture. It is not yet known whether Intel plans to update the old ARCade machines with the new ones. GPU or even release a limited edition for enthusiasts.
