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Intel CEO Confirms Ongoing Product Collaboration with NVIDIA

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AleksandarK
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Intel's CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has confirmed that the collaboration with NVIDIA is ongoing, and we are about to see the results of the partnership announced late last year. Yesterday, Carnegie Mellon University awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science and Technology to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang for his outstanding contributions to the fields of accelerated computing and AI. Intel's Lip-Bu Tan had the honor of placing the doctoral hood on him. In a post on X, the Intel CEO confirmed that Intel and NVIDIA are still working together to "develop exciting new products," indicating that the long-promised integration of NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs within Intel SoCs is still in progress. What began as an initial investment from NVIDIA into Intel and an announcement of product collaboration is evolving into a much deeper integration of both companies into a unified ecosystem.

First, we look forward to seeing Intel chips that integrate third-party GPU IP, this time from NVIDIA, with its GeForce RTX graphics embedded in an Intel-branded package. Similar to the now almost forgotten "Kaby Lake G" collaboration with AMD, Intel plans to integrate third-party graphics into its x86 SoC, codenamed "Serpent Lake," which is scheduled to be the first joint collaboration between NVIDIA and Intel in a single chip package. Second, we anticipate customized x86 Xeon server processors for NVIDIA, which Intel has been producing for large hyperscalers like Amazon for years. NVIDIA is also integrating Intel Xeon processors alongside its custom "Grace" and "Vera" CPUs, with designs customized by Intel for their HGX AI server nodes.
For example, Intel's server CPU designs, such as the "Clearwater Forest" Xeons, feature up to 288 "Darkmont" E-cores on a massive chiplet package using the 18A node. Alternatively, they will come with up to 192 P-Cores in the upcoming "Diamond Rapids" Xeons, which will integrate NVLink technology, making them an ideal companion for NVIDIA's accelerators. We might even see customized versions with lower core counts but higher frequencies, all within NVIDIA's SuperPODs, which house hundreds of GPUs. Whether it will be "Diamond Rapids" or another variant, we eagerly await what will be released.
Source: Lip-Bu Tan on X

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35 Comments on Intel CEO Confirms Ongoing Product Collaboration with NVIDIA

#1
Gigaherz
"exiting new product" is one way to describe the 12vhpwr fiasco.
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#2
Chaitanya
Gigaherz"exiting new product" is one way to describe the 12vhpwr fiasco.
Atleast that helped create a cottage industry worth millions(atleast).
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#4
mb194dc
The propaganda campaign to link Intel with anyone who will boost the stock price continues. Forward P/E is already 2 x as high as it was during DotCom bubble 1.0. Better hope they actually deliver something and don't keep losing $3bn every quarter or eventually INTC is going back form whence it came...
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#5
zenlessyank
Why would I want my CPU company who makes dedicated and integrated GPU's to cozy up with the most venomous GPU company in existence who is also trying to establish a CPU market? The stench is intense with this one.

Boycott.
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#6
RedBlackAka
Can't wait for the Palantir partnership!!
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#7
randomUser
Everyone collaborates with everyone. It's like they all are in the same hot tub blabbing about AI datacenters. I invest in you, you invest in me, together we invest in him, and he will invest in us. Whirlwind of money flying around in a small circle.
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#8
Philaphlous
Yea Intel stock is going to be >200 soon....I should probably buy in now...what was I thinking a month ago...ughhhhhh
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#9
EsaT
zenlessyankWhy would I want my CPU company who makes dedicated and integrated GPU's to cozy up with the most venomous GPU company in existence who is also trying to establish a CPU market? The stench is intense with this one.
Certainly getting "Nokia and Hijack-leader Elop + Microsoft" vibes.
Except that compared to Nvidia Microsoft is almost moderate.
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#10
L'Eliminateur
If this doesn't spell the end of ARC i don't know what does, certainly lends much more credibility to the rumors.

I mean... why would you go to the pain of integrating a 3rd party piece of silicon/ip into your cpu when you have the same product line in-house with tight integration... unless said division is going to be shutdown so there won't be products and/or you know your product is not competitive
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#11
Recus
zenlessyankWhy would I want my CPU company who makes dedicated and integrated GPU's to cozy up with the most venomous GPU company in existence who is also trying to establish a CPU market? The stench is intense with this one.

Boycott.
Brand loyalist.

BLOCK
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#12
Simkin
RecusBrand loyalist.

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The AMD fanboys can still continue to buy only AMD ;)
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#13
GeoffreyA
L'EliminateurIf this doesn't spell the end of ARC i don't know what does, certainly lends much more credibility to the rumors.

I mean... why would you go to the pain of integrating a 3rd party piece of silicon/ip into your cpu when you have the same product line in-house with tight integration... unless said division is going to be shutdown so there won't be products and/or you know your product is not competitive
As an Arc user, I can't deny it's worrying. Still, they would be truly foolish to throw away all that hardware/software engineering effort, especially now that Arc is gaining a bit of traction. Perhaps it will be a diversified portfolio, some GeForce, some Arc.
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#14
zenlessyank
RecusBrand loyalist.

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I have never been a brand loyalist. I own NVidia and AMD cards. Shitty ways are shitty ways. Get over yourself.
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#15
kondamin
L'EliminateurIf this doesn't spell the end of ARC i don't know what does, certainly lends much more credibility to the rumors.

I mean... why would you go to the pain of integrating a 3rd party piece of silicon/ip into your cpu when you have the same product line in-house with tight integration... unless said division is going to be shutdown so there won't be products and/or you know your product is not competitive
Intel needs a gpu line and there will be plenty of people who won't be willing to pay an extra nvidia tax just to have a couple of cuda cores on their basic computer
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#16
DavidC1
GeoffreyAAs an Arc user, I can't deny it's worrying. Still, they would be truly foolish to throw away all that hardware/software engineering effort, especially now that Arc is gaining a bit of traction. Perhaps it will be a diversified portfolio, some GeForce, some Arc.
At barely 1% they aren't getting any traction. Alchemist had more with 4% at one point, likely due to the pre-launch hype.

But it's Intel's fault. They kept taking forever to get new hardware out. B770 could have come middle of last year, if they stopped doing start/stop with the line.
RecusBrand loyalist.

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How does that make him a brand loyalist? Do you even know what the meaning of the word "loyalist" means?
L'EliminateurIf this doesn't spell the end of ARC i don't know what does, certainly lends much more credibility to the rumors.

I mean... why would you go to the pain of integrating a 3rd party piece of silicon/ip into your cpu when you have the same product line in-house with tight integration... unless said division is going to be shutdown so there won't be products and/or you know your product is not competitive
It certainly doesn't help, and I was calling it ever since the deal. The really only needed fab deals nothing more.
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#17
AusWolf
Now the news about Intel stopping development on C and D series GPUs makes sense.
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#18
Let3r
zenlessyankWhy would I want my CPU company who makes dedicated and integrated GPU's to cozy up with the most venomous GPU company in existence who is also trying to establish a CPU market? The stench is intense with this one.

Boycott.
It doesn’t make sense. Intel makes CPUs and is trying to break into the GPU market. Nvidia makes GPUs and is trying to break into the CPU market. They would be natural enemies.
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#19
zenlessyank
Let3rIt doesn’t make sense. Intel makes CPUs and is trying to break into the GPU market. Nvidia makes GPUs and is trying to break into the CPU market. They would be natural enemies.
Exactly. Now let us throw in the Apple wanting Intel to make chips for them and this stinks so bad it is nauseating.
Now, let it be known I am not a fanboi or do I rub elbows with the all knowing, but it would seem they are all going to try to own the commercial business by choking out AMD and forcing them(AMD) to cater to us lowly public consumers.

Now we have China expanding rapidly and soon will be on par with everyone else in a few more years. With probable capacity to dwarf everyone else combined.

I'm keeping all my rigs in tip top shape because it may be a long time before any thing new comes down the pipe to us normal users.
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#20
Let3r
zenlessyankExactly. Now let us throw in the Apple wanting Intel to make chips for them and this stinks so bad it is nauseating.
Now, let it be known I am not a fanboi or do I rub elbows with the all knowing, but it would seem they are all going to try to own the commercial business by choking out AMD and forcing them(AMD) to cater to us lowly public consumers.

Now we have China expanding rapidly and soon will be on par with everyone else in a few more years. With probable capacity to dwarf everyone else combined.

I'm keeping all my rigs in tip top shape because it may be a long time before any thing new comes down the pipe to us normal users.
I would be happy if AMD catered to us “lowly public consumers”.
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#21
Visible Noise
zenlessyankI have never been a brand loyalist. I own NVidia and AMD cards. Shitty ways are shitty ways. Get over yourself.
How easily people forget they have a post history.
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#22
zenlessyank
Visible NoiseHow easily people forget they have a post history.
Yes? And?
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#23
CornyOC
Nvidia knows the future is in TPUs, which is a merged CPU/GPU chip specifically engineered to train or run LLMs. With this, Intel has little reason to bother with their sub 1% GPU market share products. This was planned for a long time, and we are lucky if Intel keeps consumer CPUs rolling.
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#24
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"Copper Shark":
Additionally, a new codename for a future P-core architecture, “Copper Shark,” has emerged. None of this has been confirmed. The development is still interesting, however, because it doesn’t come out of nowhere [...] As things stand, the specific Serpent Lake reference thus comes from the leak corner. Jaykihn wrote succinctly on April 5, 2026, “Serpent is a Titan branch.” A day later, he stated that “golden eagle and copper shark exist.” Wccftech interpreted this to mean that Serpent Lake could be the first concrete Intel SoC with an NVIDIA RTX GPU tile and that “Copper Shark” stands for an upcoming P-core architecture. This interpretation is acceptable as a leak report, but nothing more. Intel has not officially unveiled Serpent Lake, Titan Lake, Copper Shark, or Golden Eagle to date.
www.igorslab.de/en/intel-serpent-lake-with-nvidia-rtx-tile-and-copper-shark-a-leak-meets-an-already-confirmed-intel-nvidia-alliance/
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#25
GeoffreyA
DavidC1At barely 1% they aren't getting any traction. Alchemist had more with 4% at one point, likely due to the pre-launch hype.
Though small, 1% is an increase and the first single-digit percentage since Alchemist's launch. In 2026, AMD commanded 5%, a decrease; Intel remained steady at 1%.

www.techpowerup.com/343544/intel-arc-discrete-gpus-hit-1-market-share-for-first-time

www.techpowerup.com/347125/nvidia-grabs-94-aib-gpu-market-share-amd-falls-to-5
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