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The rumor mill has been talking about the expiration of Intel's agreement with Nvidia. Here are two examples:
Intel might be about to give AMD a massive boost
Intel And AMD : A Marriage On The Cards?
Perhaps Zen isn't going to be much of a challenge to Intel after all but not for the reasons some have speculated about.
The focus of the rumor has mostly been on GPU tech but some of the sites have speculated that it could involve CPU tech sharing, especially if AMD is giving Intel iGPU tech in exchange for something.
(What will happen to all the fan wars?)
Intel might be about to give AMD a massive boost
Intel And AMD : A Marriage On The Cards?
IT Pro Portal said:2011, Intel and Nvidia agreed to a cross licensing deal that gave both companies a license to each others patents. The deal will to come to an end in 2017 and rumours have begun to circulate that Intel may be considering making a similar deal with AMD this time around.
In order to license Nvidias technology, Intel paid the company $1.5 billion over the course of five years. An investment of that size could be quite useful for AMD seeing as the company has steadily lost ground to its rival Nvidia in the graphics card market over the past few years. On the CPU side of things, Intel has gone unchallenged by AMDs chips for quite some time as well.
Perhaps Zen isn't going to be much of a challenge to Intel after all but not for the reasons some have speculated about.
The focus of the rumor has mostly been on GPU tech but some of the sites have speculated that it could involve CPU tech sharing, especially if AMD is giving Intel iGPU tech in exchange for something.
(What will happen to all the fan wars?)