What? Ah here it is:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed today that Nvidia will contribute “GPU chiplets” that Intel can place alongside its x86 CPU cores instead of the Arc integrated graphics it develops in-house today.
They could buy AMD Radeon chiplets too, that would be something.:)
Intel actually bought AMD Radeon GPUs for their Hades Canyon (Kaby Lake G) platform. It was a NUC mainboard with a full Intel platform, combined with an AMD Radeon GPU. The Intel CPU and the GPU (including HBM2 memory for the GPU) was all on one package soldered to the mainboard.
I think they did a couple of follow ups on that as well, because it worked very well.
Interesting. What a strange companionship. :)
There was a time when you could have a platform that ran with components from all 3. Intel CPU, AMD GPU, and nvidia’s nForce chipset on the mobo.
Yes, sure, it’s the same Intel that is prioritizing immediate money returns over long term gains, right?
Nvidia definitely didn’t do this investment to kill a new competitor. They just happen to find too many billion dollars in their bank account and didn’t know what to do with that and thought “you know what? Let’s invest them in a competitor to spice up the market”
"Intel will continue to have GPU product offerings,”
The headline is misleading. GPU offering could refer to their integrated GPUs rather than discrete cards.
Just learned about ARC cards yesterday, looking at Jellyfin compatibility.
Pretty sure they’re actually the most compatible. I read somewhere that Intel QSV is the best for transcoding, followed by nvidia. And Arc uses QSV I think.
Don’t have a source, so take with a grain of salt.
I’m thinking about throwing an Arc B580 in the Minisforum MS-01 I just got and pass it do my JF VM.
Damnit, I was planning out a project that was incompatible with nvidia and intel GPUs solved the problem cheaply and well. Now they basically announce they are killing Xe?!
I hate this.
I think they’ll scrap it after two generations. Just to keep the anti trust investigations at bay.
If anti-trust is still a thing after the next 3 years.
