Jointly strangle NVIDIA? Intel and AMD discuss GPU licensing information-AMD,GPU,Intel,NVIDIA-IT
AMD GPU better than Intel, CPU better than NVIDIA, but at the same time on two fronts, AMD can be a lot of pressure in recent years, could turn over, everything depends on how Polaris graphics and the Zen of processor performance this year. For NVIDIA, although quit chipset business, but with GPU NVIDIA year authorization can easily get a licensing fee of US $ 264 million from Intel, but this money will expire soon, and Intel is said to have been in contact with AMD, likely obtained the authorization of AMD GPU.
Players can see NVIDIA earnings news also has the impression, income each time NVIDIA there will always be an "other" income, are fixed at 66 million dollars over the years, add up to 264 million dollars a year, which is not a small number for NVIDIA. The source of the money we have described in detail before, was the result of Intel antitrust case a few years ago, Intel when AMD, NVIDIA lose money, but AMD has chosen one received $ 1.25 billion, NVIDIA is amortized, received $ 66 million in each quarter of GPU technology licensing fees.
NVIDIA money gone by March 2017, the agreement will expire. Now only a year, and to continue to work and have renewed negotiations, but Intel has a little something else this time, Intel has been reported contact with AMD, discussed the possibility of use AMD GPU licensing.
News is that Bloomberg out, so the confidence level is pretty high, but cannot yet determine whether agreement is reached between AMD and Intel. Whether Intel is really going to replace the GPU authorized partner or is it, as some analysis in order to put pressure on NVIDIA, strengthen their leverage in negotiations, but this is probably a good news for AMD--showed that enhance the capacity of the enemy, but Intel not AMD GPU technology can also have another choice, AMD is going to stop the trend.
Prior to this, NVIDIA has the other side held out the olive branch, open GPU technology, AMD CEO Sue position table before, and was also considering selling GPU licensing.
联手绞杀NVIDIA？传Intel与AMD洽谈GPU授权 - AMD,GPU,Intel,NVIDIA - IT资讯
AMD的GPU比Intel好，CPU比NVIDIA好，但是同时两线作战的话，AMD这几年的压力可就大了，能不能翻身，一切得看今年的Polaris显卡和Zen处理器表现如何了。对于NVIDIA来说，虽然放弃了芯片组业务，但NVIDIA每年凭借GPU授权可以从Intel那里轻松拿到2.64亿美元的授权费，只不过这笔钱很快就要到期了，而Intel据说已经在跟AMD接洽，有可能获得AMD GPU授权。
看过NVIDIA财报新闻的玩家可能还有印象，每次NVIDIA在收入中总会有一笔”其他“收入，这几年来都固定在6600万美元，一年加起来有2.64亿美元，这对NVIDIA来说可不是小数目了。这笔钱的来源我们之前也详细介绍过，还是前几年Intel反垄断案的结果，Intel当时向AMD、NVIDIA赔钱了事，不过AMD选择了一次性拿到12.5亿美元，NVIDIA则是分期偿付，每个季度可以获得6600万美元的GPU技术授权金。
NVIDIA的这笔钱到了2017年3月份就没了，双方的协议就会到期。现在只有一年时间了，要想继续合作就得再度谈判，不过Intel这次有点别的想法了，据悉Intel已经跟AMD接洽，讨论了改用AMD GPU授权的可能性。
消息是彭博社传出来的，所以可信度还是蛮高的，只不过现在还不能确定AMD与Intel之间是否达成了协议。不管Intel是真的打算更换GPU授权伙伴还是如某些人分析的那样是为了给NVIDIA施压，增加谈判筹码，不过这事对AMD来说可能还是个好消息——表明看起来增强了敌人的能力，但Intel不用AMD的GPU技术也可以有别家选择，AMD是阻挡不了大势的。
在此之前，NVIDIA已经对方伸出橄榄枝，开放了GPU技术授权，而AMD CEO苏姿丰之前也表过态，也考虑出售GPU专利授权了。