I’d cautioned the possibility, but it looks like Intel will be holding back their gaming GPU’s for the upcoming Xe3P Arc “Celestial” family. It’s not yet confirmed if that’s it for Intel’s gaming GPU’s, but their future now seems unclear.
Panther Lake debuted Intel’s latest Xe3 graphics architecture, but the IP isn’t said to expand beyond iGPUs. For a while, we’ve known that “Xe3P” (codenamed Celestial) will serve as the refined follow-up, with many awaiting a proper successor to the existing Arc B-series dedicated GPUs. Unfortunately, a massive new leak dump from reliable tipster Jaykihn claims Intel canceled discrete gaming GPUs for Celestial a long time ago, and their fate hangs in the balance for even the next-gen Xe4 “Druid” architecture.