Tech titans NVIDIA and Intel are teaming up to co-develop multiple generations of productions, including x86 SoCs with RTX GPU chiplets.
Big things are happening at Intel these days, as CEO Lip-Bu Tan looks to transform the chip maker’s business model after stumbling a bit in the past few years. The newest development—and one we didn’t see coming—is that NVIDIA is investing $5 billion in Intel’s common stock at a purchase price of $23.28 per share, which suggests a high level of confidence in Intel’s current trajectory.NVIDIA is also partnering with Intel to co-develop custom data center and PC products, a commitment the two firms said will extend through multiple generations and span hyperscale, enterprise, and consumer markets.A big part of that entails connecting NVIDIA and Intel architectures using NVLink, the companies stated in a press release. The two firms aim to combine NVIDIA’s AI and accelerated computing solutions with Intel’s CPU technologies and x86 ecosystem for a new wave of „cutting-edge solutions for customers.“ Time will tell exactly what that entails.“AI is powering a new industrial revolution and reinventing every layer of the computing stack—from silicon to systems to software. At the heart of this reinvention is NVIDIA’s CUDA architecture“, Huang said in a statement. „This historic collaboration tightly couples NVIDIA’s AI and accelerated computing stack with Intel’s CPUs and the vast x86 ecosystem—a fusion of two world-class platforms.
