For data centers, Intel will build NVIDIA-custom x86 CPUs that NVIDIA will integrate into its AI infrastructure platforms and offer to the market. For personal computing, Intel will build and offer to the market x86 system-on-chips (SOCs) that integrate NVIDIA RTX GPU chiplets. These new x86 RTX SOCs will power a wide range of PCs that demand integration of world-class CPUs and GPUs. ↫ NVIDIA press releaseMy immediate reaction to this news was to worry about the future of Intel’s ARC graphics efforts. For just $5 billion dollars, NVIDIA most likely just eliminated a budding competitor in the GPU space.