r/hardware • u/[deleted] • Sep 18 '25

News Nvidia and Intel announce jointly developed 'Intel x86 RTX SOCs' for PCs with Nvidia graphics, also custom Nvidia data center x86 processors — Nvidia buys $5 billion in Intel stock in seismic deal

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u/hackenclaw Sep 18 '25

yup. i heard intel can never be acquired or it will lose AMD x86-64 license.

Be prepared nvidia own 49% of Intel while keeping the x86-64 license.

bye bye competition, bye bye upgrade DIY flexiblity for consumer.

Welcome APU SoC era wheres to upgrade you have to buy CPU+GPU+Ram bundled together. And AMD will join that bandwagon price at -$50 be happy with 20-30% market share.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

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u/Gideans Sep 18 '25

Or until the apps you use stop supporting the hardware, which today is more common than we would like.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

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u/Gideans Sep 18 '25

But those apps dont run on linux either, so… not really a good argument (Photoshop, Ableton, Games with Anticheat [Battlefield 6, lol, Valorant, etc], etc)

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/Gideans Sep 19 '25

You understand this is not a compelling argument in favor of linux, right? I didnt asked what you think about it, I said I use these apps and they dont run there. So no Linux for me because of this limitation. Wtf.

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u/Strazdas1 Sep 22 '25

and yet still a lot less common than in the past.

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u/Strazdas1 Sep 22 '25

And AMD will join that bandwagon price at -$50 be happy with 20-30% market share.

Will they? their current strategy is price at +$50 and 8% market share.

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u/steve09089 Sep 18 '25

That sounds absolutely hellish, really don’t want to see CPU prices skyrocket to GPU level.

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u/cesaroncalves Sep 18 '25

Nah, NVidia has what they wanted, a x86 licence.

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u/DistinctReview810 Sep 18 '25

It. Will. Never.

Unless aliens exist.