Buy a single chip with an Intel CPU + NVIDIA RTX iGPU.
When NVIDIA raised over $5 billion in investment to buy Intel shares, it became an unexpected handshake between the legendary CPU camp and the green camp screen card mogul. This time it didn't come for fun because they announced it would be developing an Intel x86 RTX SoC chip incorporating Intel CPUs with NVIDIA's RTX-class iGPUs on the same chip.
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It sounds like an APU or a chip with a built-in screen card, but this round isn't just an ordinary iGPU, because it's the RTX that many people are familiar with in gaming PCs. It's just an onboard form of Intel. It's based on NVLink C2C technology. It's connected to 900 GB / s. It's called a CPU and a GPU next to each other. The result is a notebook or Mini-PC that's strong, but light, power-saving, and no longer requires a split screen card.
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In fact, Intel had previously tried this approach in 2017 with Kaby Lake-G, who shook hands. AMD took an Intel CPU and combined it with a Radeon screen card, but it was not as bang as it had hoped for a single model and disappeared from the market. This time it was seen as a "handshake" paired with a stronger ecosystem partner like NVIDIA, which should be more likely to be born.
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Many people may be worried about whether, once Intel has turned to iGPU in partnership with NVIDIA, the Intel Arc screen card will be dropped. Despite this, Intel made clear that the Arc screen card is still on. It has its own road map as before. This partnership is not a replacement, but a new opportunity for both camps to create something bigger.
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Source: nvidia, Bloomberg, theverge
