Intel Ends Deep Link Support for Intel-Based Systems; Halts Maintenance and Updates

Honestly, I can’t tell if this is big news or just… a tech blip. So, Intel’s Deep Link tech? Yeah, it’s basically—poof—gone, or at least not getting any love from now on. Something about it being old news even though it launched like yesterday, in 2022, during the Arc Alchemist splash.

An Intel person, Zack — who I imagine typing this in a dimly lit corner filled with coffee cups — casually dropped the bomb in a GitHub convo. Some user, let’s call him SapphireDrew (exotic name, right?), was just trying to make this thing work with OBS Studio. If you’ve ever dabbled with OBS, you know it’s all about streaming and capturing your epic gameplay moments. Anyway, SapphireDrew couldn’t get Deep Link to jump into action. Total bummer.

This OBS guy jumps in—“Not us. Blame the drivers, friend.” (I picture him shrugging as he said this). Then a month later, Zack jumps back in like, “Hey @SapphireDrew, just FYI, Deep Link’s not getting any updates. Sorry, dude, it is what it is.”

Not gonna lie, if I dropped cash on those snazzy Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs thinking Deep Link would turbo-charge my gaming, I’d be, well, not thrilled. Supposedly it was magic for the Intel 11th gen crowd and up, tying the CPU and GPU together like peanut butter and jelly. Dynamic Power Share, Hyper Encode, Additive AI, Stream Assist — all these shiny features meant to pump up performance, and now… nada. Oh, and it won’t play nice with AMD or NVIDIA either. So, it’s solo in the Intel universe.

Intel trumpeted Deep Link as this game-changer for gaming, creating, and streaming. Now? Silence. They might’ve missed the memo on user announcements. I mean, isn’t that kinda necessary?

For folks still hanging onto it, expect hiccups: tiny glitches and quirks that probably won’t get ironed out. But hey, maybe Intel has a plan? Or not. Who knows. That’s the tech world for ya. All drama, all the time.

(Thanks to Videocardz for spilling the beans.)