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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger.(Image credit: Intel)
Intel and AMD are joining forces to establish a new advisory group with the goal of enhancing and better unifying the x86 ecosystem. In other words, the fightback against Arm intensifies.
“As vigorous competitors, Intel and AMD at the same time share a history of industry collaboration…” the press release reads. “This advisory group takes this industry collaboration to the next level for the benefit of the entire computing ecosystem and as a catalyst for product innovation.”
The main aims of the x86 ecosystem advisory group are a little nebulous—they sound like they’re all saying the same things in broadly different ways. Though the general jist appears to be greater compatibility, simplicity and capability across x86 products.
Here they are in full:
Both Intel and AMD CEOs are quoted in the oddly collaborative announcement.
Pat Gelsinger says Intel is “proudly standing together with AMD”.
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Meanwhile, Lisa Su says AMD is “excited to bring the industry together to provide direction on future architectural enhancements and extend the incredible success of x86 for decades to come.”
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su.(Image credit: AMD)
Other companies have signed their support for the group, including Google Cloud, Broadcom, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Oracle, and Microsoft. Oh, and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and Linux creator Linus Torvalds are also ‘luminaries’ within the group.
You might be wondering, ‘what’s happened in recent years that might make these historical frenemies work together?’
One major concern for x86 is the emergence of Arm. Once upon a time, major tech companies like Apple would’ve stuck with x86 and had very little say in the matter—there weren’t bountiful alternatives worth investing in. Arm was used throughout mobile phones the world over, but the desktop, laptop, and data centre markets were out of reach.
Today, however, that’s all changed. Apple designs its own Arm-based processors, ditching Intel and AMD, and doing a rather splendid job of it. Google, too, has a line of custom Arm-based processors calledAxion.
Then there are the Arm-based chips from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon X Elite and Plus series, trying to whittle away Intel’s stranglehold on the laptop market. And those are likelyheaded to desktopin some way, shape or form.
Arm’s headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom.(Image credit: Hundven-Clements Photography)
Intel is usually keen to downplay the threat from Arm, statingx86 is just as power efficient as Armwhen designed to be (and there’s merit to that claim), and saying it’shappy to make the very Arm chipsthat threaten its business. A few months ago, Intelsold all its shares in Arm.
Though, while the Arm threat certainly looms large, and we wouldn’t see this sort of collaboration without some sort of outside threat, there’s also a case to be made that Intel and AMD collaboration is, simply, a good call.
After all, these two companies share a common ISA, with shared compatibility, software and standards—a little more teamwork might make the x86 dream work?
Anyways, who’s to say if this group will have much sway at all. Time will tell.
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