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Confirmed by AMD & Intel - Rivals Intel and AMD Team Up on PC Chips to Battle NVidia

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They presumably would have done this themselves, but no R&D money. So it makes a reasonable amount of sense.

The gaming notebook market is about 99% NV right now of course, so combining to try and put any sort of dent in the monopoly has its attractions.
 
Sorry, I don't see how this is bad. AMD is able to gain some market share in the mobile space presumably with less R&D while taking advantage of the better brand recognition Intel carries.
Yes, we as enthusiasts have a more informed picture of how things compete and perform; the average Joe doesn't.

I see this as a net positive, but I'm open to sensible theories as to why it may not be.
 
I have to put my hands up and admit I was wrong- I honestly never believed that this would happen.

I guess that the thing that Intel provides that AMD can't otherwise get, is the EMIB. It makes it possible to use HBM2 in lower cost solutions, and reduces the Z-height.
 
You see only end result, but there is a lot of background story from this. Its worth paying attention to what will happen in upcoming weeks.

Now, i just want to see performance of this chip, and if it will be available for consumer market. Maybe I will consider this as an option for mITX build.
 
So is this one of AMD's semi-custom solution design wins? The interesting part of those is that it essentially allows AMD to let outside parties finance parts of their R&D. In this case Intel. Also I'd consider this a boost for the much maligned Radeon Group within AMD, while the iGPU-less Ryzen are not affected at all. Ryzen Mobile/Raven Ridge is the most directly affected AMD chip, but it seems this Intel/AMD package run on a wholey different power level, more as a DTR than focused on mobility.
 
I don't know what to think about the ramifications of this. I think the only way this makes sense is if AMD took this semi-custom deal far enough back in the past where it needed money from anyone it could get it from. It was money to stay afloat just like all of the other semi-custom deals. It just so happens to be with a competitor in other segments. A deal with the devil so to speak. Or it could simply be that AMD semi-custom has the permission to whatever it likes to bring in money for AMD.

There is some good to come out of this. It means a) Intel completely admitted it's nowhere close to having graphics technology that can rival AMD or Nvidia. This bodes well for Raven Ridge and beyond b) It's not Nvidia getting revenue from this deal. c) This will help add "legitimacy" to the Radeon brand. It will change some consumer's minds who would otherwise only consider Nvidia. d) It is a new mobile segment so being part of that is better than not. By definition it can't affect current segments. There is also nothing stopping AMD from developing a similar product. The benefit is they can let Intel risk their own money to see if the segment is worth pursuing.
 
ksec said:
46 Comment into it and no mention of Apple.

I think this is Apple wanted Intel CPU and AMD's GPU on Laptop.
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Plausible, but Apple would be making the announcement and not Intel if that were the case. That being said, I think it's reasonable that Apple will have a product or products based on this given their design goals.
 
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