Intel could dump Nvidia for a licensing deal with AMD

wajdi1987 March 22, 2016

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Intel could dump Nvidia and go for a licensing deal with AMD.
Intel is now under a licensing agreement with Nvidia signed in 2011 with a cost of 1.5 billion dollars after spending years fighting each other in courts. This Licensing agreement will expire on March 17,2017. Barron’s website claimed that Bloomberg report that Intel may turn to AMD for to AMD for Radeon graphics tech licensing.

Until now , the licensing deal Nvidia was without any impact for consumers beside preventing the two companies from wasting time and energy trying to sue each other.but let’s talk about what intel and AMD achieved working together lately :

Both companies were part of a collaboration with Razer on the Razer Core GPU dock,
Intel used an AMD graphics card to demonstrate how the dock works with its upcoming Skull Canyon NUC mini-PC.
Intel indicated that it will support AMD’s FreeSync standard for variable refresh monitors, rather than licensing Nvidia’s rival G-Sync technology.

Just to speculate, this could pave the way for AMD to more directly integrate its graphics innovations into other companies’ chips—including Intel’s.

It’s intriguing to think of what a licensing deal with Intel can bring, especially with Intel leading the mini-PC invasion. Keep in mind, this is just a rumor for now.