NVIDIA and Intel announce partnership building x86 CPUs fused with RTX GPUs

In a surprise move, long-time rivals Intel and NVIDIA have announced a joint partnership that will see both companies build new x86 products that fuse Intel CPUs with NVIDIA GPUs dubbed “Intel x86 RTX SOCs.”

NVIDIA says the partnership is still in early stages, but that it includes a roadmap with multiple new generations of chips in the works. The partnership will also see NVIDIA buy $5 billion in Intel stock at $23.28 per share, which should help the company in its foundry ambitions against TSMC.