This likely means NVLink support baked into the CPU, allowing direct coherent connections with compute GPUs. These processors themselves won\u2019t contain Nvidia GPUs; those will stay separate. But the key advantage is having that native CPU\u2013GPU link, something other CPUs can\u2019t offer (though AMD offers something similar in their Infinity Fabric, which links Epyc CPUs to Instinct GPUs).<\/p>\n What\u2019s probably more interesting for us is the second product. It\u2019s already confirmed that this partnership will also deliver processors for PCs and laptops (the consumer market). These CPUs will use Intel\u2019s x86 architecture but feature integrated Nvidia graphics \u2013 Intel calls them \u201cx86 RTX SoCs.\u201d They\u2019re pitched as solutions for a broad range of computers requiring top-tier GPU and CPU performance.<\/p>\n This GPU will come as a chiplet, so it won\u2019t (yet) be a monolithic integration of both companies’ technology on the same die. However, Intel already uses a separate GPU chiplet for its own Arc graphics in today\u2019s Core Ultra CPUs anyway so this isn\u2019t entirely different<\/a>. It\u2019s possible the final product may resemble MediaTek\u2019s GB10 CPU, which we looked at recently:<\/p>\n GB10 is made up of a chiplet that provides practically the complete functionality of the processor, chipset, and so on, but the integrated graphics is added in the form of another chiplet developed and supplied by Nvidia. The logic blocks in the MediaTek chiplet include implementation of the NVLink-C2C interface (the abbreviation means it is a derivative of NVLink for connecting two chiplets over a short distance), which makes it possible to join the two parts from different manufacturers into one. Intel can do the same thing as MediaTek; in theory it might be possible to design an\u00a0Intel processor supporting the usage of the same GPU as the GB10. In reality, though, the Intel-Nvidia collaboration will probably feature a different GPU chiplet. This joint product is also not particularly close to release yet, so by the time it reaches the market, the next generation GPU architecture may already be around to be used instead of Blackwell.<\/p>\n Further details are still emerging, so in the coming days we\u2019ll get a clearer picture of whether this is just a \u201cside business\u201d or the start of a deeper, lasting integration of Nvidia GPU tech into Intel CPUs.<\/p>\n Some of you may remember that Intel already tried something similar back in 2018, but with AMD. The result was the Intel Kaby Lake-G processor, which paired a 14nm Intel quad-core CPU with a Radeon GPU. This GPU had its own HBM2 memory and was essentially a standalone graphics chip mounted directly onto the CPU package alongside its dedicated VRAM.<\/p>\n That product didn\u2019t succeed, shipping only in limited number of systems before the partnership was dissolved, and Kaby Lake-G never had a successor. Something similar could, in theory, happen to this partnership too. But given Nvidia\u2019s far greater clout, it feels more likely that the joint x86 RTX SoC will gain traction.<\/p>\n The seriousness of this partnership is underscored by the fact that Nvidia will now literally own a piece of Intel. Alongside the technical collaboration discussed so far, Nvidia has also become an Intel investor, purchasing 5 billion USD worth of shares.<\/p>\n Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is basically taking advantage of Intel\u2019s current weakness that collapsed the stock price, which makes the whole company relatively cheap. Nvidia paid 23.28 USD per share, giving it an estimated 5% stake (these are apparently newly issued shares, which will dilute existing shareholders).<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t so long ago that Intel was a much bigger, stronger company than Nvidia. The idea that a mere GPU maker could not only surpass Intel but overshadow it so overwhelmingly that it could effectively buy into the company with pocket change (in the last quarter alone, Nvidia made 26 billion USD in net profit<\/a>, enough to buy a quarter of Intel at the current market cap outright) would once have seemed like wild fantasy. But the AI boom\u2014or bubble\u2014has funnelled so much money to Nvidia that even such unbelievable scenarios are now becoming reality.<\/p>\n Sources: Nvidia<\/a>, Intel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"V\u0161e\u0159\u00edkaj\u00edc\u00ed](\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/intel-and-nvidia_b60202b2-e1d1-4e71-a002-e71ccd093a2f-prv.png\")
<\/a>X86 RTX SoC: Intel processors with GeForce GPUs integrated<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Intel once tried this with AMD<\/h3>\n
Nvidia to own a slice of Intel<\/h3>\n
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