The desktop Intel Arc GPUs we really want might not show until Q2

pcgamer.com:

Intel's upcoming lineup of both mobile and discrete GPUs, code-named Alchemist, may not fully arrive within its original Q1 launch window. That release window within the January and March period has always been a little uncertain, but recent information from a leaker, and our current understanding of the situation, suggests most PC gamers will be waiting a little longer to get their hands on the Intel graphics cards they really want.

The information comes from multiple sources speaking to YouTube leaker Moore's Law Is Dead, and suggests the actual high-end discrete cards have been effectively pushed back until Q2. Some say April, others say June. Though it's looking like a major release marketing push will occur during a large gaming convention at that time, potentially PAX East in late April, though June would be just in time for E3.

Before that, the low-end Alchemist mobile chips would be available. These could be end of March, perhaps a paper launch, with more availability through April and beyond.

That actually aligns with our current educated expectations around the Arc release date: some sort of launch, likely laptop-based, by the end of March, followed by the more impressive discrete cards and high-end chips later on.

When later exactly, we don't know. That's partially because it's all tightly under-wraps, but also because there's a chance Intel is still playing with the exact dates of each product behind the scenes. 

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From what we've heard and from the aforementioned leaks, it sounds like something will happen quite soon, and that Intel is sticking to something