Should NVIDIA Be Worried About Intel and AMD’s Chip Partnership?

Should NVIDIA Be Worried About Intel and AMD’s Chip Partnership?

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) sprung a big surprise when it said that it is going to work with archrival Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) to manufacture a high-end notebook chip aimed at the enthusiast market. This unlikely partnership could pose trouble for NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), denting its chances in the notebook space as Intel and AMD are going to offer a sleek and powerful chip package to curry favor with laptop OEMs (original equipment manufacturers).

So, should this venture give NVIDIA sleepless nights, or will it be able to overcome the Intel-AMD combine?

Intel plans to combine its laptop-gaming focused Core H-series processors with a custom-made AMD GPU (graphics processing unit). This multi-processor chip package will also be equipped with AMD's second-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM2), and use Intel's Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) power-sharing framework to help the chips quickly communicate with each other.

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Source: Fool.com