- Nvidia invests $ 5 billion in Intel in the context of a new surprise collaboration
- Intel to design personalized X86 processors for Nvidia data center platforms
- New Intel X86 RTX SOC with NVIDIA GPU to feed the PCs
Intel and Nvidia have announced a large-scale partnership that will see the old design processors and manufacture personalized X86 processors for Nvidia data centers, as well as the creation of new consumption chips for the PC market.
The agreement will also see NVIDIA investing $ 5 billion in Intel’s ordinary shares at $ 23.28 per share, pending regulatory approval.
“The AI feeds a new industrial revolution and reinvents each layer of the computer battery – from silicon in system system,” said Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia.
“At the heart of this reinvention is the CUDA architecture of Nvidia. This historic collaboration of closely AI and the accelerated computer battery of Nvidia with the Intel processors and the vast ecosystem X86 – a merger of two world class platforms. Together, we will extend our ecosystems and I will jeer the foundation for the next time of calculation.”
Deal Landmark – But questions remain
The companies said they planned to develop several generations of products together.
For the data center, Intel will create X86 NVIDIA-CUSTOM X86 processors that NVIDIA fits into its IA infrastructure.
For PCs, Intel will make the system on Puce X86 which incorporates NVIDIA RTX GPU chips connected via NVLink.
These processors will be marketed in the form of Intel X86 RTX SOC and target laptops of play and compact PCs.
“Intel X86 architecture has been fundamental to modern IT for decades – and we are innovating in our portfolio to allow the workloads of the future,” noted the CEO of Intel Lip -Bu Tan.
“The Intel data center and the IT platforms of customers, combined with our process technology, manufacturing and advanced packaging capacities, will complement the NVIDIA AI and accelerated computer leadership to allow new breakthroughs for industry.”
The investment comes at the right time for Intel, which recently experienced well documented struggles that led the US government to intervene to acquire a 10% stake in the flea manufacturer.
“We appreciate the confidence that Jensen and the Nvidia team have placed in us with their investment and we look forward to the work to come while we are innovating for customers and develops our business,” added Tan.
Nvidia stressed that collaboration is at an early stage and product time limits are not yet defined.
Although he remains attached to his processors based on arms such as Grace and Vera, the gutant of the GPU described the Intel roadmap as an additive.
Intel has not confirmed whether these new chips will be made entirely on its own nodes or partly outsourced to TSMC.
The announcement, although surprised, corresponds to Intel’s desire to strengthen its IDM 2.0 strategy and partnerships, because Nvidia widens its processors for AI and general public computer.
