Chip makers Intel and AMD may be seen as rivals, but late last year HardOCP’s Kyle Bennett reported that Intel was planning to launch a new product featuring an Intel CPU and AMD graphics.
Now he’s followed up with some more details, suggesting that the new multi-chip-module will launch before the end of 2017.
Intel is said to be “licensing AMD GPU technology” with the goal of releasing a module sporting an Intel 7th-gen “Kaby Lake” processor bundled with an AMD graphics processor. This may just be the first of several such offerings.
The first Intel/AMD solution is said to be aimed at entry-level or mid-range devices, which suggests Intel isn’t necessarily hoping to sway customers for its high-end products featuring Intel Iris integrated graphics. But using AMD Radeon graphics rather than Intel HD graphics could allow Intel to bring higher-performance graphics to its more affordable products.
Keep in mind, neither Intel nor AMD have verified any of this information, and Bennett says “no money has changed hands yet,” which is allegedly why there are no details about the deal in the latest earnings reports from the two companies.
via TechPowerUp
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Who comes up with these idiotic names for chips?
Intel, of course. I’ve always heard that many are areas of Oregon. But here’s more information than you would likely want.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
Beyond the names, I hate the model numbers. It was so much nicer back in the days of 386s and 486s when there were just a handful of models and you could know which was better than another just by the model number (e.g. a 486/33 was slower than a 486/99).
Its not April 1st Yet. you jumped the gun. 🙂
Well I guess pigs fly and hell has frozen over WTF.
..and Donald Trump has become president.
In other news: pig today learnt how to fly, it’s snowing red in Soviet Russia and the End of Days is near.
What does mean “snowing red”?
There is snow falling from the sky except instead of being white it is red, possibly due to blood (raining blood is an apocalypse thing).
In the end it’s a business. Both companies will benefit from this, so there is no reason to not do something like this. That being said, it would be cool to see Intel throw their hat into the gaming GPU ring. Three way competition on the GPU side would be great.
More importantly for AMD revenue and a much increased install base that may just push developers away from Nvidia’s money.
no happen, neither in japanese anime
GCN everywhere, Nvidia nowhere. That could benefit both AMD and Intel in the future, especially considering that they will both have to face a much bigger threat coming from the ARM platform as a whole. If Nvidia gets out of the picture and x86 manage to get the high end AI market, there is plenty of money to be made for both partners, AMD and Intel, in the future x86 monopoly. If Nvidia constinues to expand at it’s current rate, in – let’s say – 10 years, both AMD and Intel will have serious problems.
AMD and Intel aren’t the only x86 CPU players. There’s a 3rd company that’s licensed to make their own line of x86 CPU’s. That company is called Via and they’ve been doing a pretty good job with embedded and IoT boards too.
VIA, yeah. Can you show me their last x86 CPU?
Hint 1. They had a countdown 3 years ago. Hint 2. They added 30 more days in their original countdown. Hint 3. Other than a couple of demos – NOT from them – no one heard about that CPU again. “Issiah II” was it’s name and it was going to be competitive with Intel’s Atoms and AMD’s Kabinis of that time.
Also VIA even failed in the ARM market. They are behind the WonderMedia brand and in their site the best you can see is dual core SOCs with pretty old cores.
VIA…. They are dead. And I think their license is going to expire in the next couple of years, but I am not sure about that.
hope they use quality thermal interface materials below the IHS. or you will be deliding these and then reliding them.
In the end, it seems like Intel would get more out of it than AMD, especially with “supposedly” competitive AMD CPUs coming in the near future.
Intel is already a defacto monopoly on desktop and server chips. Is this money just another way to encourage AMD to keep making CPUs? I know that it is GPUs that AMD is providing, but I suspect that Intel has other motives than releasing an innovative product.
It’s probably not the only motivation, but Intel does have a vested interest in making sure AMD hangs around for the reason you mentioned.
Who is this guy, and is he really in a position to know? Not trolling, I never heard of him before.