Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have set their differences aside and united against a common rival, which is the graphics card manufacturer NVIDIA.
This partnership between the two central processing unit (CPU) makers is only for mobile hardware though, as the two will be working hard to create a mobile processor for thin laptops, with Intel employing the help of AMD for their mobile GPUs. Although the two aim to make processors specifically for light and portable laptops, they hope that the processors they produce are going to be adequate for gaming as well.
This move will apparently pit the two against NVIDIA, though it is not yet clear whether Intel plans to include NVIDIA hardware on some of their new laptops. This was Intel's plan for its 8th-generation Coffee Lake mobile processors. The Verge has also claimed that these new chips made by Intel and AMD will not be competing with AMD's own Ryzen-powered laptops, which are due by the end of the year.
AMD has also stated that while their Ryzen CPUs can still be used for gaming, Intel's mobile CPU coupled with their AMD Radeon mobile GPUs will have a more focused audience and market, hence the predicted lack of contest between the two CPU manufacturers on the mobile front.
It is worth noting that AMD is also the provider for the chips which are used to power the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Rest assured, they have the capacity to provide Intel's upcoming CPUs with enough gaming power to satisfy gamers on the move.
The last partnership between the two long-standing CPU rivals was back in the 1980s. Since then, they have been in fierce competition with each other. The two's bitter rivalry began back in 1975 when AMD reverse engineered an Intel 8080 microchip and made something more powerful out of it than Intel did.
No exact release date yet has been announced for Intel's AMD-equipped mobile CPUs, but they are expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2018.
