In a landmark deal that reshapes the semiconductor landscape, historic rivals NVIDIA and Intel announced a major partnership on Thursday. NVIDIA will make a $5 billion strategic investment in Intel to jointly develop a new generation of AI chips. The collaboration aims to fuse NVIDIA’s dominance in AI with Intel’s foundational CPU technology for both data centers and PCs. Every investment must make economic sense.”The NVIDIA investment is the latest, and largest, in a series of major capital infusions aimed at stabilizing the embattled chipmaker. The NVIDIA partnership announcement only reinforced these concerns.