Lip-Bu Tan

NVIDIA and Intel announced a multi-generational collaboration to jointly develop custom data center and PC products using NVIDIA NVLink and Intel x86 CPUs, with NVIDIA investing $5 billion in Intel stock.

“Intel CEO discussing how Intel's x86 architecture and capabilities complement NVIDIA's AI leadership.”

SoftBank is investing $2 billion in Intel shares at $23 per share to secure strategic partnership in semiconductor manufacturing and support US-based advanced chip production capacity amid Intel's financial struggles.

“CEO of Intel quoted expressing appreciation for SoftBank's investment and his working relationship with Masa Son”

Intel has hired a chief architect to build out GPU business to compete in the booming AI data center market where Nvidia and AMD currently dominate.

“Announced that Intel has hired a chief architect to build competitive GPUs as it struggles to keep pace with Nvidia and AMD in the AI infrastructure market.”

Marvell is acquiring optical interconnect startup Celestial AI for $3.25-$5.5 billion to strengthen its AI chip connectivity offerings as data center companies build massive infrastructure for large language models.

“Joined Celestial AI's board in January as the startup focused on optical interconnect hardware for AI systems.”

Intel has eliminated 35,500 jobs in less than two years, with 20,500 cuts under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan focused on right-sizing operations and redirecting R&D spending toward AI-centric products and advanced packaging.

“Announced massive layoffs to right-size Intel, resulting in 20,500 employees laid off in about three months under his leadership.”

Nvidia is investing $5 billion in Intel to develop integrated CPU-GPU laptop chips, directly targeting AMD's dominance in the fused processor market where AMD holds significant advantage with Ryzen AI Max and Strix Halo.

“Held joint webcast with Nvidia CEO explaining the $5 billion partnership to develop jointly developed x86 products with Nvidia graphics.”