Allen
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Ohio USA
Today, another reverberation of the echo:
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Intel Allegedly Taps AMD Over Nvidia For New Graphics Licensing Deal A Bit Of Background, Intel’s Original Deal With Nvidia
In 2011 Intel signed a graphics licensing deal with Nvidia which included a $1.5 billion dollar sum payed over five years to Nvidia. However, Intel never ended up producing chips with Nvidia’s graphics technology. On the other hand, there’s indication that the company’s new deal with AMD could in fact translate to Radeon technology inside upcoming Intel chips...
It all seems to be based on an older rumor (a version linked in post above) combined with a "post" by a person with "inside information". So, a lot of current articles based on on one person's say-so. Still, it seems to be a credible rumor.