Intel and NVIDIA Announce AI and PC Collaboration with NVLink Integration and $5B Stock Investment

Intel and NVIDIA  have entered into a collaboration to develop multiple generations of custom data center and personal computing products, focusing on AI infrastructure and consumer markets. The partnership integrates NVIDIA’s AI and accelerated computing technologies with Intel’s x86 CPU architecture and ecosystem, utilizing NVIDIA’s NVLink for connectivity.

For data centers, Intel will design and manufacture custom x86 CPUs tailored for NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure platforms, which NVIDIA will then market. In personal computing, Intel will develop and offer x86 system-on-chips (SOCs) incorporating NVIDIA RTX GPU chiplets to power PCs requiring integrated CPU and GPU performance.

NVIDIA will invest $5 billion in Intel’s common stock at $23.28 per share, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.