There's potentially a hidden benefit as well: By teaming up with Nvidia, Intel may have eliminated a potential competitor in the PC market. Image source: Getty Images. Up until recently, the PC CPU market was a duopoly. Intel was the dominant market leader, and AMD was the perennial runner-up.

If you’re wondering what effect Intel’s blockbuster deal with Nvidia will have on its existing product roadmaps, Intel has one message for you: it won’t. “We’re not discussing specific roadmaps at this time,

In an announcement that surprised everyone, NVIDIA is investing $5 billion in Intel to develop new x86 chips with built-in RTX GPUs.

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"Having Jensen's blessing is priceless," wrote Bernstein senior analyst Stacy Rasgon about Nvidia's $5 billion investment in Intel.