“With the rise of genAI and advancements in system design, the demand for computing power is evolving faster than ever. This is the first time I and Lisa [Su, CEO of AMD] have agreed on something,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said during an onstage presentation, humorously acknowledging the collaboration. “But this time, it’s for the greater good.”

The alliance includes a long list of other founding members including Microsoft, Google, and Meta, as well as Lenovo, the company that hosted the announcement at its Tech World 2024 conference in Bellevue,

AMD's and Intel's CEOs explain why they have joined forces to create a blue-chip advisory board to shape the future of the ubiquitous x86 microprocessor architecture.

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. Intel and AMD share access to the x86 instruction set architecture (ISA),

Storied rivals Intel and AMD have formed an industry group dedicated to '[shaping] the future of the world's most widely used computing architecture.'

Intel and AMD have joined forces to form an industry alliance for the x86 ISA, which is probably something nobody had on their 2024 bingo card. The two rivals will collaborate on future endeavors to benefit the x86 ecosystem along with a broad set of industry heavyweights,

Intel and AMD's surprise alliance has stirred industry discussions, given their history of rivalry.