Intel in talks to license AMD GPU patents??

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Emm,what:

http://seekingalpha.com/news/316801...se-gpu-patents?app=1&uprof=45&dr=1#email_link

 

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Probably aimed at forcing a more favourable deal from nVidia.

People forget the only reason Intel went with the deal was that is was as a result of litigation between the two companies:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4122/intel-settles-with-nvidia-more-money-fewer-problems-no-x86

Intel was forced into that deal as a result of all the hullaboo about Nvidia being locked out of the Intel chipset market and so on.

Now,that the settlement is now coming to an end,there is really no reason for Intel to bother paying Nvidia the money,when they can get a cash strapped AMD to probably license the same technology for less money.

Kinda leaps off the page, doesn't it?

Not really if you bothered to read the amount of vitriol exchanged between them during that time.

Nvidia even made a dedicated website with cartoons mocking Intel.

Edit!!

Here is a mention of it:
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-mocks-intel-with-cartoons.html

Despite the problems Intel and AMD have had with each other,they have had far more sucessful licensing agreements between them over the last 30 years.

If that wasn't the case,AMD would not be allowed to make any X86 CPUs or Intel to use the 64 bit extensions AMD made either.

Intel would probably rather work with AMD,since they have more leverage over them than Nvidia.

 

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so what does this all mean? Will the Intel igpu's will be better with full DX12 hardware support? Could they rival AMD APU performance? Or have they realised AMD VR support will be better.

I expect AMD and Nvidia have IP that Intel would need to license to do certain things if they want to make a basic IGP - some of it might be covered by FRAND and others not.

If they were going to license tech at a larger level,it might be more the case of what AMD might also get in return(not sure if the X86 license AMD has from Intel is perpetual or not).

Regarding AMD APU performance,Intel is fast catching up! AMD being stuck on old nodes and not being able to address bandwidth deficiencies is not helping!

 

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I remember 8Pack stating in a thread on here prior to the release of skylake that he had spoken with various Intel engineers and reccomended the removal of the igpu on k series chips. Savings could have been spent on improvements to the thermal issues on such cpu's.

It won't happen IMHO since it would have to be a new die just for a small part of the market. The Core i7 6700 die is the same one used for laptops and the socket 2011 chips are based on dies for the workstation/server market.

Hence,the desktop market is getting the scraps from both of them. It is pretty much even the same with AMD too.

 

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Looks like it might have happened:

https://hardforum.com/threads/from-...in-futility-h.1900681/page-61#post-1042685022

AMD shares have just gone up nearly a dollar!!

 

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Heads AMD Wins, Tails Nvidia Loses

Summary

The unconfirmed Bloomberg article that said INTC might make a deal with AMD for GPU IP technology is probably true, once we connect the dots.

And if such a deal were to go through, AMD will be a clear-cut winner and NVDA a momentary loser.

AMD might end up being profitable soon, with zero debt as a result of the deal, which might elevate its stock to $10 or more.

AMD share price just broke $10 - lol:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=a...SypFJLgYoOy-KR4uLj0c_UNzKuy4ytzeQDFw-_nOgAAAA

The first time since 2007.

 

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Its not really about the hardware - and while less relevant to integrated GPUs, etc. on low end stuff the factor that doesn't work so well with Intel is the software side - they tend to have an approach to software development that is more kind of get it right first time then leave it alone which doesn't really work for GPUs.

TBF,Intel has actually worked with some game devs to introduce new tech like CMAA in GRID2. They are certainly far better than they used to be like 5 or even 10 years ago.